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Applied economics : an introductory course / edited by Alan Griffiths and Stuart Walls.

Contributor(s): Griffiths, Alan, 1944- | Wall, Stuart, 1946-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Longman, 1991Edition: 4th ed.Description: xxii, 655 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0582072352.Subject(s): EconomicsDDC classification: 330
Contents:
Changes in the UK economic structure -- Company accounts as a source of financial information -- Firm objectives and firm behaviour -- The small firm -- Mergers and acquisitions in the growth of the firm -- Oligopoly -- The multinational enterprise -- The nationalized industries and privatization -- Pricing in practice -- Microelectronics and information technology -- Consumption and saving -- Investment -- Public expenditure -- Taxation -- The UK financial system -- Money -- Inflation -- Unemployment -- Regional and urban policy -- Trade unions, wages and collective bargaining -- Distribution of income and wealth -- Exchange rates -- United Kingdom trade performance -- Protectionism -- Managing the economy -- The European economic community -- International money -- Transport -- A guide to sources.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

To appreciate more fully the workings of the economic system, and to cope adequately with examination questions, students need a judicious blend of theory and up-to-date descriptive material. This new revised fifth edition aims to meet this need over a wide range of topic areas. is paid to the increasing impact of the European Community on UK economics. It also takes account of the very latest sources of economic information and data. It has been updated to December 1992 and includes full coverage of the turmoil in the Exchange Rate Mechanism. It also covers business-related topics and has a new chapter on environmental economics. covering economics, business studies, social sciences and for professional and B/TEC courses with an economics element.

Includes index.

Changes in the UK economic structure -- Company accounts as a source of financial information -- Firm objectives and firm behaviour -- The small firm -- Mergers and acquisitions in the growth of the firm -- Oligopoly -- The multinational enterprise -- The nationalized industries and privatization -- Pricing in practice -- Microelectronics and information technology -- Consumption and saving -- Investment -- Public expenditure -- Taxation -- The UK financial system -- Money -- Inflation -- Unemployment -- Regional and urban policy -- Trade unions, wages and collective bargaining -- Distribution of income and wealth -- Exchange rates -- United Kingdom trade performance -- Protectionism -- Managing the economy -- The European economic community -- International money -- Transport -- A guide to sources.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • 1 UK economic structure
  • Theory Of The Firm
  • 2 Company reports and accounts
  • 3 Firm objectives
  • 4 Small firm
  • 5 Mergers and acquisitions
  • 6 Oligopoly
  • 7 Multinational enterprise
  • 8 Privatisiation and deregulation
  • 9 Pricing in practice
  • Environmental, Regional And Social Economics
  • 10 Environment
  • 11 Regional and urban policy
  • 12 Transport
  • 13 Social Policy
  • 14 Distribution of income and wealth
  • 15 Trade unions, wages and collective bargaining
  • Macroeconomics
  • 16 Consumption and saving
  • 17 Investment
  • 18 Public expenditure
  • 19 Taxation
  • 20 Money and EMU
  • 21 Financial institutions and markets
  • 22 Inflation
  • 23 Unemployment
  • 24 Managing the economy
  • INternational Economics
  • 25 Exchange rates
  • 26 International trade and payments
  • 27 Free trade, regional trading blocs and protectionism
  • 28 European union
  • 29 Transitional economics
  • 30 Developing economics
  • Guide to sources