In this book, Jon Conrad and Colin Clark develop the theory of resource economics. To begin, they provide an introduction to the required techniques of dynamic optimization. Throughout the book they build the reader’s understanding with many fully-worked problems and numerical examples. The aut[...]

Resource Economics, first published in 2010, is a text for students with a background in calculus and intermediate microeconomics and a familiarity with the spreadsheet software Excel. The book covers basic concepts (Chapter 1), shows how to set up spreadsheets to solve simple dynamic allocation pro[...]

Bokens hovedtema er dilemmaer i dagens helse- og sosialpolitikk. Eldrebølge, medisinske fremskritt og nye sykdomsbegreper øker presset på helsetjenesten. Oppgaver som før ble lagt i Herrens hånd, legges nå i statens. Forventningspress er nå velferdsstatens største problem.[...]