The analysis of the microstructure of financial markets has been one of the most important areas of research in finance and has allowed scholars and practitioners alike to have a much more sophisticated understanding of the dynamics of price formation in financial markets. Frank de Jong and Barbara [...]

Ensuring that children spend time active and outside is more important than ever, and this guide is exactly the resource busy parents need. With 100 outdoor destinations to choose from, Outdoors with Kids New York City offers parents all the information they need to plan and enjoy successful day tri[...]

As freight transport has grown exponentially over the years, policymakers have become aware of the need to include freight flows in quantitative evaluations of transport systems. This book introduces the advanced freight transport modeling approaches and describes the methods and techniques used to [...]

As contemporary Tambu music and dance evolved on the Caribbean island of Curacao, it intertwined sacred and secular, private and public cultural practices, and many traditions from Africa and the New World. As she explores the formal contours of Tambu, Nanette de Jong discovers its variegated histor[...]

From a boom in theatrical features to footage posted on websites such as YouTube and Google Video, the early years of the 21st century have witnessed significant changes in the technological, commercial, aesthetic, political, and social dimensions of documentaries on film, television and the web. In[...]

Covers the history of culture in economics from Adam Smith onwards. This book also covers the way culture is incorporated into economic analysis; methods used in empirical analysis on culture and economics; and, culture as an explanatory factor of cross-country difference in institutions and perform[...]

Historically, we see the city as the cramped, crumbling core of development and culture, and the suburb as the vast outlying wasteland - convenient, but vacant. Contemporary urban design proves this wrong. In New SubUrbanisms, Judith De Jong explains the on-going "flattening" of the American Metropo[...]

Montauk lawyer Tom Dunleavy's client list is woefully small - occasional real estate closings barely keep him in paper clips. When he is hired to defend a local man accused in a triple murder that has the East Hampton world in an uproar, he knows that he has found the case of his lifetime. The crime[...]

A dynamic visual record of typeface evolution, focusing on the last twenty years.
The digital era has entirely transformed the world of typography. This elegant and easy-to-use book provides a comprehensively illustrated record of developments in the field, clearly setting them in their historic[...]

In 833 emperor Louis the Pious, Charlemagne's son, submitted to a public penance in the wake of a rebellion by his three elder sons. This penance amounted to a deposition, for Louis was to atone for his sins for the rest of his life. However, only half a year later, he was back on the throne again. [...]

Lecturers can now take advantage of a chapter-by-chapter set of powerpoint slides. 'This is an exceptionally good textbook. It covers an unusually wide range of issues in an up-to-date and balanced fashion, and is clearly written. It would be invaluable for all students, both undergraduates and post[...]