This Element represents the systematic study of the risks taken by those who produced, commissioned, and purchased art, across Renaissance Europe. It classifies scores of documented examples of losses into…

This is the second of three volumes containing edited versions of papers and a commentary presented at invited symposium sessions of the Ninth World Congress of the Econometric Society, held…

This laboratory handbook dispels the mystery surrounding organocopper compounds, and offers guidance on how to overcome the many problems associated with their use. Practical procedures for the preparation and application…

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe…

Women have long been active supporters and promoters of Buddhist rituals and functions, but their importance in the operations of Buddhist schools has often been minimized. Chin'ichibo, a nun who…

Amid mounting concern over job loss to low-wage economies, one fact is clear: America’s prosperity hinges on the ability of its businesses to continually innovate. But what makes for a…

In The Patron’s Payoff, Jonathan Nelson and Richard Zeckhauser apply the innovative methods of information economics to the study of art. Their findings, written in highly accessible prose, are surprising…

A collection of essays that develops a poststructuralist Marxist conception of class in order to theorise the complex contemporary economic terrain. Suggesting the possibility of a new politics of the…