Economics: a foundation course for the built environment

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It will introduce you to the basics of economics as they relate to the built environment by looking at the principles of microeconomics (markets, price mechanisms, resource allocation, theory of the firm, etc.) and then put these principles into the context of construction firms and property markets.

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Title Statements

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:1 online resource (xiv, 290 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0203474481, 9780203474488, 9786610054312, 6610054312, 9781135826727, 1135826722, 9781135826710, 1135826714
oclc:ocn252895283
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.

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