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Applied economics / edited by Brian Atkinson ; with Frank Livesey and Bob Milward.

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Applied economics / edited by Brian Atkinson ; with Frank Livesey and Bob Milward.
Publication
Houndmills, England : Macmillan Business, 1998.

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Additional Authors
  • Atkinson, G. B. J.
  • Livesey, Frank.
  • Milward, Bob.
Description
xvi, 496 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Summary
This text combines up-to-date information with theory to provide an introduction to real-world economics. It includes chapters on the most important aspects of micro and macro economics, each containing an appropriate theory, but with the main emphasis on application. There are numerous examples, with a focus on Europe in every chapter.
Subject
Economics
Genre/Form
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Contents
Ch. 1. How Firms Decide Prices / Frank Livesey -- Ch. 2. Small Firms / Frank Livesey -- Ch. 3. How Firms Grow / Frank Livesey -- Ch. 4. Oligopoly and Monopoly / Frank Livesey -- Ch. 5. Competition Policy / Frank Livesey -- Ch. 6. Privatisation / Frank Livesey -- Ch. 7. Multinationals / Frank Livesey -- Ch. 8. Labour Markets / Stephen Smith -- Ch. 9. Poverty / Bob Milward -- Ch. 10. Social Policy: Health and Education / Brian Atkinson -- Ch. 11. Housing / Paul Balchin -- Ch. 12. The Environment / Bob Milward -- Ch. 13. Regional Policy / Paul McKeown -- Ch. 14. Agriculture / David Colman and Jeremy Franks -- Ch. 15. The Motor Industry / Garel Rhys -- Ch. 16. The Service Industries / Frank Livesey -- Ch. 17. Spending and Saving / Julia Darby and Jonathan Ireland -- Ch. 18. Investment / Michael Kitson -- Ch. 19. Public Expenditure / Bob Milward -- Ch. 20. Taxation / Bob Milward -- Ch. 21. Money and Monetary Policy / David Gowland -- Ch. 22. Inflation / Brian Atkinson -- Ch. 23. Unemployment / Brian Atkinson -- Ch. 24. International Trade / Brian Atkinson -- Ch. 25. Economic Aspects of the European Treaties / Brian Atkinson -- Ch. 26. Economic and Monetary Union / Brian Atkinson -- Ch. 27. Underdevelopment / Bob Milward -- Ch. 28. The Asian Tigers / Bob Milward -- Ch. 29. Finding out in Economics / Christine Ironfield.
ISBN
0333673824 (pbk.)
OCLC
  • 39473313
  • SCSB-12394787
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Harvard Library