Books in Economics and finance

Our Economics and Finance titles are essential reading for students, scholars, policymakers, and market practitioners who want to stay up-to-date with the latest research and foundational topics in the field, from financial markets and trade to e-commerce, econometrics, quantiative investing, financial technology, financial engineering, global finance, corporate finance, law and economics, macro and microeconomics, and risk management.

Titles manage to balance quality of content with the increasing demand for a wider view of the vast array of topics in the field of Economics and Finance.

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Mergers, Acquisitions, and Other Restructuring Activities

12th Edition
October 1, 2025
Donald DePamphilis
English

Mergers, Acquisitions, and Other Restructuring Activities: An Integrated Approach to Process, Tools, Cases, and Solutions, Twelfth Edition presents the most current and comprehensive M&A on M&A environments, M&A processes, M&A valuation and modeling, deal structuring and financing strategies, and alternative business and restructuring strategies. Covering relevant academic research published since 2021 make the 12th edition a balanced, comprehensive guide to the complex and dynamically changing world of M&A. With content relevant to industries worldwide, this new edition illustrates the most germane strategies and tactics in today's marketplace.

Women’s Entrepreneurship and the Sustainable Development Goals

1st Edition
October 1, 2025
Léo-Paul Dana + 1 more
English

Women’s Entrepreneurship and the Sustainable Development Goals: An Opportunity Nexus is a comprehensive collection of research articles and case studies exploring the role of women-owned businesses in advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Written by global experts, this book delves into theoretical and empirical research that underscores the importance of female entrepreneurship in promoting sustainable development. The content spans various contexts, providing a rich understanding of how sustainability is perceived and implemented in different settings.The book addresses critical topics such as gender differences in entrepreneurship, the influence of the female workforce on sustainability, and the significance of female-led intrapreneurship within corporate sustainability strategies. It serves as an invaluable resource for researchers, practitioners, and students interested in sustainable entrepreneurship, offering practical guidance to support women in creating sustainable enterprises that contribute to achieving the SDGs.

Railway Pantograph–Catenary System

1st Edition
October 1, 2025
Zefeng Yang + 3 more
English

Railway Pantograph–Catenary System: Optimizing Dynamics, Materials, and Performance demystifies the complexities of high-speed railway electrification. This authoritative volume delves into optimization techniques for the electrical contact process, ensuring consistent and reliable performance. It addresses system dynamics, material selection, and critical issues such as frictional wear, arc phenomena, and environmental impacts. Combining theoretical and practical insights, the book presents cutting-edge research findings and technologies, providing a foundation for future advancements. In addition to systematic analysis, the book includes real-world case studies for a comprehensive understanding of system operations under varying conditions.It is an invaluable resource for both academics and industry experts, fostering global collaboration in railway transport.

Environmental Meteorology and Climate Manipulation

1st Edition
September 7, 2025
John R. Vacca
English
Paperback
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eBook
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Environmental Meteorology and Climate Manipulation: Solving Climate-Geoengineeri... Technology Problems serves as a complete and concise view of climate engineering, where geoengineering is an umbrella term for human interventions that change and modify the earth's climate system. The book offers in-depth coverage of how human activity is shaping the earth more than natural forces; where it can be seen as a way of redesigning and modifying the atmosphere of the planet. It offers more viable solutions for climate engineering through theory, technology, and practice, as they relate to established technologies as well as recent and future advancements.

Handbook of Labor Economics

1st Edition
Volume 6
September 1, 2025
Christian Dustmann + 1 more
English
Hardback
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eBook
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Handbook of Labor Economics, Volume Six reviews the latest research topics, empirical findings, and methods that constitute frontier research in the field. The focus lies in the most important research advances that have taken place since the publication of the previous work. Chapters in this new release include Instrumental Variables with Unobserved Heterogeneity in Treatment Effects, Firm Wage Effects, Empirical Bayes Methods in Labor Economics, Minimum Wages in the 21st Century, The Micro and Macro Economics of Short-Time Work, Job Search, Unemployment Insurance, and Active Labor Market Policies, Families, Public Policies, and the Labor Market, and much more.Other chapters cover The Evolution of Gender in the Labor Market, Crime and the Labor Market, and Monopsony Power in the Labor Market.

Navigating Decentralized Finance

1st Edition
August 19, 2025
Pascal Egloff + 2 more
English
Paperback
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eBook
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Navigating Decentralized Finance: From Blockchain to Crypto Assets and Tokenization provides an in-depth overview of how blockchain and digital assets drive financial economics with a truly global approach. This comprehensive textbook covers blockchain technologies, infrastructure, applications, and regulatory and legal aspects, offering both a quick introduction for beginners and numerous, practical case studies to engage advanced students and working professionals. Here, after discussing blockchain fundamentals, experts consider blockchain contracts, scalability, CBDCs, tokenization, stablecoins, NFTs, decentralized finance (DeFi), and the metaverse, among other topics, with applications explored across the financial world.Each chapter adopts a consistent structure and pedagogy accompanied by over 120 illustrations across the book, as well as a blockchain glossary. An instructor website includes a complete set of lecture slides supporting undergraduate, graduate, certificate, and faculty across the globe.

Commercial Banking

1st Edition
August 4, 2025
Allen N. Berger + 2 more
English
Paperback
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eBook
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Commercial Banking: Distinct Value, Roles, and Methods is a thorough, applied, and accessible introduction to the modern theory and practice of financial intermediation as enabled by commercial banks. This textbook considers key issues in banking, regulation, coping with bank risk, competition amongst banks, global banking, careers in banking, and future directions. Throughout the book, emphasis is placed on differentiating between bank and non-bank financial firms, the impact of technology on banking, evolving regulatory environments, the economic importance of banking, and innovation in banking services.Perfect for undergraduate, graduate level, and professional courses in banking, bank management, and commercial banking, this book is reinforced with full-color figures, charts, tables, learning objectives, and key term definitions, as well as lecture slides hosted on an accompany instructor site to support teaching and understanding.

Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics

1st Edition
Volume 6
August 1, 2025
Dave Donaldson + 1 more
English
Hardback
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eBook
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Regional and urban economics in the last ten years has benefited from the simultaneous development of new theoretical techniques, new sources of geographic information systems (GIS) data, rapid advances in computing power, machine learning and artificial intelligence, and renewed public policy interest in transportation infrastructure and appropriate policies towards places “left-behind” by globalization and technological change. This volume reviews this recent wave of research and highlights promising areas for further research. Chapters include Quantitative Regional Economics, Quantitative Urban Economics, Optimal Spatial Policies, Spatial Dynamics, Transportation, Housing Supply and Housing Affordability, Spatial Sorting and Inequality, Local Labor Markets, Spatial Environmental Economics, Spatial Economics for Low and Middle Income Countries, and New Data and Insights for Regional and Urban Economics.

Smart City Code

1st Edition
June 1, 2025
Luca Mora + 4 more
English
Paperback
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eBook
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Smart City Code: Governance Handbook for Digital Transformation Managers in the Public Sector explores how to govern the planning, implementation, and maintenance operations in smart city projects and transitions, and the urban digitalization processes that may potentially trigger. It provides readers with the evidence-based knowledge they need to approach the complexity of smart city governance, responding to the United Nations’ call for more advanced strategic and technical support on urban digital transformations to national, regional, and local governments. The book uses a comprehensive framework that details what configuration of multi-level components should be considered in the governance of smart city transitions.

The Danube River and The Western Black Sea Coast

1st Edition
May 30, 2025
Jürg Bloesch + 4 more
English
Paperback
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eBook
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The Danube River and The Western Black Sea Coast: Complex Transboundary Management is a brand-new volume in the Elsevier Ecohydrology from Catchment to Coast series. The book focuses on the second largest river in Europe and the most transboundary river basin that encompasses 19 countries. Chapters focus on changes to the area in the past decade and a way forward. Made up of three parts, the book starts with an overview, covers The Danube River and its recipient, the Black Sea, including sediment balance, water quality, hydromorphology and aquatic biodiversity.Section two covers the key pressures and implementation of transboundary water management such as aquatic resources, invasive species, climate change, and stakeholder participation. Section three assess visions for a sustainable future in the Danube River Basin with a look to applicable sustainability, ecosystems, human interaction, and improving biodiversity through floodplains. The book concludes with a summary and outlook.

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