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Economic and psychology share common intellectual roots. At least as they are practised in the English-speaking world, both have their origins in the philosophy of the 'British empiricist' school of the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries. But as…

We review the extensive benchmark data on short‐term memory for order, and discuss the prominent computational theories accounting for serial order memory. On the basis of recent diagnostic results, we identify four explana- tory constructs that we…

In the decades that followed, the economics literature slowly started filling this gap. Evolutionary game theory, preference evolution, learning models, models of bounded rationality with and without optimization, and,
of course, more and more…

After using our book for courses in a variety of locations, we have been
gratified by the positive responses to the first edition. Moreover, the book
had been used by quite a few practitioners in the way as we had hoped for
when we wrote the first…

Mining activities carried out by Transnational Corporations (TNCs) may cause
positive and negative impacts in developing countries, such as in Indonesia. The
positive impacts of TNCs may enhance economic growth in Indonesia , on the other
hand,…

At the outset it must be said that it is an honor
to be asked to write this introduction to the
work of my friends Laura Allen and Mark
Smout. Most times of the day or night they ar
e
in their studio, positing, honing, and creating
architecture…

There are many books on information problem-solving and a wealth of excellent information skills models out there. Yet few adequately address how profoundly a student's motivation can affect his or her success in learning and using information…

The purpose of this research was to study the effect of teaching cooperative education
for students in Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna Chiang Rai (RMUTL).
The research population was 62 students from Division of Electrical Engineering…

This handbook has been produced through ICCROM and the Getty Conservation
Institute (GCl) to provide information on conserving historic buildings, monuments, and
archaeological sites in earthquake-prone areas. It is recognized that such a handbook…

The Civil Corporation synthesizes and presents the thoughts and
conclusions emerging from two decades’ work and eff orts of myself
and others in encouraging corporations to deliver more social and
environmental ‘goods’, and fewer ‘bads’.…