Modelling and Decisions in Economics Essays in Honor of Franz Ferschl

Franz Ferschl is seventy. According to his birth certificate it is true, but it is unbelievable. Two of the three editors remembers very well the Golden Age of Operations Research at Bonn when Franz Ferschl worked together with Wilhelm Krelle, Martin Beckmann and Horst Albach. The importance of this...

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Other Authors: Leopold-Wildburger, Ulrike (Editor), Feichtinger, Gustav (Editor), Kistner, Klaus-Peter (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Heidelberg Physica 1999, 1999
Edition:1st ed. 1999
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1: Decision Theory
  • Some Ideas on Economics and Ethics
  • Ethics and Operations Research
  • How to Measure Risk?
  • On the Question of Speculation in Favour of or gainst the Euro before its Start
  • Resolving the Ellsberg Paradox by Assuming hat People Evaluate Repetitive Sampling
  • 2: Statistics and Econometrics
  • Maximum Likelihood Estimation for the AR-VARCH Model: A New Approach
  • A Note on the Herfmdahl Index of Concentration
  • A Generalization and Optimization of a Measure f Diversity
  • A Subjective Bayes Approach to the Queueing ystem M/Ek/c
  • Cooperation as the Stimulating Power for the ustrian Automobile Industry — Results of an Empirical Study
  • 3: Operations Research
  • Lot Sizing and Queueing Models Some Remarks on KARMARKAR’S Model
  • Analysis of MRP Policies with Recovery Options
  • Bidding for Research Funds
  • Separate versus Joint Inventories when Customer Demands are Stochastic
  • Optimal Macroeconomic Policies with and without the Monetary Instrument
  • Dynamic Economic Models of Optimal Law Enforcement
  • List of Contributors