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Introduction to economics / / Alec Cairncross and Peter Sinclair
| Introduction to economics / / Alec Cairncross and Peter Sinclair |
| Autore | Cairncross Alec <1911-1998, > |
| Edizione | [6th ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Kent, England] : , : Butterworths, , 1982 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (479 p.) |
| Disciplina | 330 |
| Soggetto topico | Economics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-4831-0276-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Introduction to Economics; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Part I: Introductory; Chapter 1. What economics is about; Plan of the book; What is economics about?; The value of economic studies; Chapter 2. Production, consumption and trade; Production; Consumption; Utility; Unpaid services; Trade; The structure of production; Business units; The public sector; The market; Chapter 3. The factors of production; Factors as physical things; Factors as services; Enterprise as a factor; Financial assets as a factor; Labour; Land; Capital
The factors of production and productivityPart II: Industrial organization; Chapter 4. Growth, transformation and development; Growth; Development; Chapter 5. Localization of industry; Natural advantages; Acquired advantages; Comparative advantages; Cumulative advantages; Chapter 6. Large-scale production; External economies; Internal economies; The logic of large-scale production; Chapter 7. Small-scale production; Managerial obstacles; Market obstacles; Financial obstacles; Chapter 8. The finance of large-scale production; Public companies; Shares and shareholders; Private companies The capital marketInvestment and risk; Diffusion of ownership; Speculation; Concentration of power; Division of interests; The joint-stock company and the control of industry; Chapter 9. The growth of business units; Motives and methods; Motives to growth; Methods of growth; Direction of growth; Growth and public policy; Part III: Supply and demand; Chapter 10. The price mechanism; Capitalism; The price mechanism under capitalism; Government control; The function of prices; The theory of price or value; The importance of social institutions; Price and value The labour theory of value and costs of productionChapter 11. Supply and demand; Supply and demand curves; Changes in demand and supply; Elasticity; The measurement of elasticity; Elasticity of demand and substitution; Practical importance of elasticity; Elasticity of supply; Elasticity and time; Fluctuation in prices; Instability; Difficulties in the construction of demand and supply curves; Chapter 12. Demand; The major influences on demand; The Principle of Substitution; Indifference curve analysis; Some problems; Chapter 13. Supply: cost and price; Marginal cost Cost under perfect competition in the individual firmMarginal and average cost; Marginal cost and price; Average cost and price; Monopoly costs and prices; Price and marginal revenue; Perfect competition as a limiting case; A measure of monopoly; Price and average cost in a competitive industry; Price and average cost under monopoly; The logic and the facts: cost-plus pricing; Chapter 14. Monopoly and competition; Elements of competition under monopoly; Perfect competition; Elements of monopoly; Prices and cost under imperfect competition; Price-competition and service-competition Selling costs |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910479968103321 |
Cairncross Alec <1911-1998, >
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| [Kent, England] : , : Butterworths, , 1982 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Introduction to economics / / Alec Cairncross and Peter Sinclair
| Introduction to economics / / Alec Cairncross and Peter Sinclair |
| Autore | Cairncross Alec <1911-1998, > |
| Edizione | [6th ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Kent, England] : , : Butterworths, , 1982 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (479 p.) |
| Disciplina | 330 |
| Soggetto topico | Economics |
| ISBN | 1-4831-0276-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Introduction to Economics; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Part I: Introductory; Chapter 1. What economics is about; Plan of the book; What is economics about?; The value of economic studies; Chapter 2. Production, consumption and trade; Production; Consumption; Utility; Unpaid services; Trade; The structure of production; Business units; The public sector; The market; Chapter 3. The factors of production; Factors as physical things; Factors as services; Enterprise as a factor; Financial assets as a factor; Labour; Land; Capital
The factors of production and productivityPart II: Industrial organization; Chapter 4. Growth, transformation and development; Growth; Development; Chapter 5. Localization of industry; Natural advantages; Acquired advantages; Comparative advantages; Cumulative advantages; Chapter 6. Large-scale production; External economies; Internal economies; The logic of large-scale production; Chapter 7. Small-scale production; Managerial obstacles; Market obstacles; Financial obstacles; Chapter 8. The finance of large-scale production; Public companies; Shares and shareholders; Private companies The capital marketInvestment and risk; Diffusion of ownership; Speculation; Concentration of power; Division of interests; The joint-stock company and the control of industry; Chapter 9. The growth of business units; Motives and methods; Motives to growth; Methods of growth; Direction of growth; Growth and public policy; Part III: Supply and demand; Chapter 10. The price mechanism; Capitalism; The price mechanism under capitalism; Government control; The function of prices; The theory of price or value; The importance of social institutions; Price and value The labour theory of value and costs of productionChapter 11. Supply and demand; Supply and demand curves; Changes in demand and supply; Elasticity; The measurement of elasticity; Elasticity of demand and substitution; Practical importance of elasticity; Elasticity of supply; Elasticity and time; Fluctuation in prices; Instability; Difficulties in the construction of demand and supply curves; Chapter 12. Demand; The major influences on demand; The Principle of Substitution; Indifference curve analysis; Some problems; Chapter 13. Supply: cost and price; Marginal cost Cost under perfect competition in the individual firmMarginal and average cost; Marginal cost and price; Average cost and price; Monopoly costs and prices; Price and marginal revenue; Perfect competition as a limiting case; A measure of monopoly; Price and average cost in a competitive industry; Price and average cost under monopoly; The logic and the facts: cost-plus pricing; Chapter 14. Monopoly and competition; Elements of competition under monopoly; Perfect competition; Elements of monopoly; Prices and cost under imperfect competition; Price-competition and service-competition Selling costs |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786788003321 |
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Cairncross Alec <1911-1998, >
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| [Kent, England] : , : Butterworths, , 1982 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Introduction to economics / / Alec Cairncross and Peter Sinclair
| Introduction to economics / / Alec Cairncross and Peter Sinclair |
| Autore | Cairncross Alec <1911-1998, > |
| Edizione | [6th ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Kent, England] : , : Butterworths, , 1982 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (479 p.) |
| Disciplina | 330 |
| Soggetto topico | Economics |
| ISBN | 1-4831-0276-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Introduction to Economics; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Part I: Introductory; Chapter 1. What economics is about; Plan of the book; What is economics about?; The value of economic studies; Chapter 2. Production, consumption and trade; Production; Consumption; Utility; Unpaid services; Trade; The structure of production; Business units; The public sector; The market; Chapter 3. The factors of production; Factors as physical things; Factors as services; Enterprise as a factor; Financial assets as a factor; Labour; Land; Capital
The factors of production and productivityPart II: Industrial organization; Chapter 4. Growth, transformation and development; Growth; Development; Chapter 5. Localization of industry; Natural advantages; Acquired advantages; Comparative advantages; Cumulative advantages; Chapter 6. Large-scale production; External economies; Internal economies; The logic of large-scale production; Chapter 7. Small-scale production; Managerial obstacles; Market obstacles; Financial obstacles; Chapter 8. The finance of large-scale production; Public companies; Shares and shareholders; Private companies The capital marketInvestment and risk; Diffusion of ownership; Speculation; Concentration of power; Division of interests; The joint-stock company and the control of industry; Chapter 9. The growth of business units; Motives and methods; Motives to growth; Methods of growth; Direction of growth; Growth and public policy; Part III: Supply and demand; Chapter 10. The price mechanism; Capitalism; The price mechanism under capitalism; Government control; The function of prices; The theory of price or value; The importance of social institutions; Price and value The labour theory of value and costs of productionChapter 11. Supply and demand; Supply and demand curves; Changes in demand and supply; Elasticity; The measurement of elasticity; Elasticity of demand and substitution; Practical importance of elasticity; Elasticity of supply; Elasticity and time; Fluctuation in prices; Instability; Difficulties in the construction of demand and supply curves; Chapter 12. Demand; The major influences on demand; The Principle of Substitution; Indifference curve analysis; Some problems; Chapter 13. Supply: cost and price; Marginal cost Cost under perfect competition in the individual firmMarginal and average cost; Marginal cost and price; Average cost and price; Monopoly costs and prices; Price and marginal revenue; Perfect competition as a limiting case; A measure of monopoly; Price and average cost in a competitive industry; Price and average cost under monopoly; The logic and the facts: cost-plus pricing; Chapter 14. Monopoly and competition; Elements of competition under monopoly; Perfect competition; Elements of monopoly; Prices and cost under imperfect competition; Price-competition and service-competition Selling costs |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910806161903321 |
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Cairncross Alec <1911-1998, >
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| [Kent, England] : , : Butterworths, , 1982 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Monetary transmission in diverse economies / / edited by Lavan Mahadeva and Peter Sinclair [[electronic resource]]
| Monetary transmission in diverse economies / / edited by Lavan Mahadeva and Peter Sinclair [[electronic resource]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 260 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 339.5/3 |
| Soggetto topico |
Banks and banking, Central
Capital movements Monetary policy Foreign exchange rates |
| ISBN |
1-107-13326-2
1-280-15964-2 0-511-12044-3 0-511-04241-8 0-511-14824-0 0-511-33024-3 0-511-49248-0 0-511-04549-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Are the effects of monetary policy in the euro area greater in recessions than in booms? / Gert Peersman and Frank Smets -- Supply shocks and the 'natural rate of interest' / Jagjit S. Chadha and Charles Nolan -- Some econometric issues in measuring the monetary transmission mechanism, with an application to developing countries / Derick Boyd and Ron Smith -- Central bank goals, institutional change and monetary policy / V. Anton Muscatelli and Carmine Trecroci -- The transmission mechanism of monetary policy near zero interst rates / Kazuo Ueda -- What does the UK's monetary policy and inflation experience tell us about the transmission mechanism? / Edward Nelson -- Modelling the transmission mechanism of monetary policy / Peter Westaway -- Empirical evidence for credit effects in the transmission mechanism of the United Kingdom / K. Alec Chrystal and Paul Mizen -- Uncovered interest parity with fundamentals / Marcelo Kfoury Muinhos, Paulo Springer de Freitas and Fabio Araujo -- Uncovered interest parity and the monetary transmission mechanism / Guy Meredith. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450003403321 |
| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Monetary transmission in diverse economies / / edited by Lavan Mahadeva and Peter Sinclair [[electronic resource]]
| Monetary transmission in diverse economies / / edited by Lavan Mahadeva and Peter Sinclair [[electronic resource]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 260 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 339.5/3 |
| Soggetto topico |
Banks and banking, Central
Capital movements Monetary policy Foreign exchange rates |
| ISBN |
1-107-13326-2
1-280-15964-2 0-511-12044-3 0-511-04241-8 0-511-14824-0 0-511-33024-3 0-511-49248-0 0-511-04549-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Are the effects of monetary policy in the euro area greater in recessions than in booms? / Gert Peersman and Frank Smets -- Supply shocks and the 'natural rate of interest' / Jagjit S. Chadha and Charles Nolan -- Some econometric issues in measuring the monetary transmission mechanism, with an application to developing countries / Derick Boyd and Ron Smith -- Central bank goals, institutional change and monetary policy / V. Anton Muscatelli and Carmine Trecroci -- The transmission mechanism of monetary policy near zero interst rates / Kazuo Ueda -- What does the UK's monetary policy and inflation experience tell us about the transmission mechanism? / Edward Nelson -- Modelling the transmission mechanism of monetary policy / Peter Westaway -- Empirical evidence for credit effects in the transmission mechanism of the United Kingdom / K. Alec Chrystal and Paul Mizen -- Uncovered interest parity with fundamentals / Marcelo Kfoury Muinhos, Paulo Springer de Freitas and Fabio Araujo -- Uncovered interest parity and the monetary transmission mechanism / Guy Meredith. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783061303321 |
| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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