Economics: a foundation course for the built environment

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Economics introduces the basics of economics as they relate to the built environment. Looking at the principles of microeconomics (markets, price mechanisms, resource allocation, theory of the firm, etc.), these principles are put into the context of construction firms and property markets.

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Full title :Economics : a foundation course for the built environment / J.E. Manser.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:1994.
Edition:1st ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):E & FN Spon
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:1994.

The Physical Object

Description:xiv, 290 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0419182608, 9780419182603
oclc:ocm31972480
LC Classification:HB171.5
Dewey Decimal:330

1. Why economics? -- 2. Economic systems -- 3. The market mechanism -- 4. Factor markets : land -- 5. Factor markets : labour -- 6. Factor markets : capital -- 7. Competition and monopoly -- 8. Theory of the firm -- 9. Profit maximization -- 10. Size of firms -- 11. The construction industry -- 12. Competition and pricing in the construction industry -- 13. Forms of business organization -- 14. Marketing -- 15. Productivity -- 16. The workforce -- 17. Capital equipment -- 18. Land and site values -- 19. Financing the firm -- 20. Externalities and cost-benefit analysis -- 21. The national income -- 22. The money supply -- 23. Housing policy -- 24. International trade.