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100			_aMcAleese, Dermot _926165
245			_aEconomics for business: _bcompetition, macro-stability and globalisation/ _cDermot McAleese
250			_a3rd
260			_aEngland: _bPearson, _c2004.
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505			_aThe economic policy consensus......Page 25 Why policy changed......Page 28 Implications for the future......Page 29 Criticisms of the new consensus......Page 30 Will the consensus last?......Page 32 Questions for discussion......Page 34 Further reading......Page 35 Introduction......Page 36 Trends in economic growth......Page 37 Growth theories......Page 40 Human welfare and sustainable growth......Page 49 Policy prescriptions for growth......Page 56 Conclusions......Page 59 Summary......Page 60 Questions for discussion......Page 61 Exercises......Page 62 Appendix 2.1 The economics of the new economy......Page 63 Part I: The market system and competition......Page 66 Introduction to Part I......Page 67 Introduction......Page 70 The market system......Page 71 The role of prices......Page 76 Movements in demand and supply......Page 79 The role of traders and arbitrage......Page 84 The efficiency of the market system......Page 86 The free market system in social context......Page 88 Conclusions......Page 90 Summary......Page 91 Questions for discussion......Page 92 Exercises......Page 93 Further reading......Page 94 What is a ‘rational’ consumer?......Page 95 Elasticities of demand......Page 98 Estimating the demand function......Page 105 Price elasticities and the pricing decision......Page 111 Conclusions......Page 113 Summary......Page 114 Questions for discussion......Page 115 Exercises......Page 116 Further reading......Page 117 Introduction......Page 118 Profit maximisation......Page 119 Rules for maximising profit......Page 124 Cost structure of the firm......Page 130 The transaction costs approach......Page 138 From cost structure to supply curve......Page 140 Conclusions......Page 142 Summary......Page 143 Questions for discussion......Page 144 Exercises......Page 145 Further reading......Page 147 Introduction......Page 148 Firm size......Page 149 The economics of market power......Page 156 How to sustain monopoly power......Page 164 Market power with few firms – the case of oligopoly......Page 165 Conclusions......Page 169
650			_2Business & Economics
650			_2 Industrial Management
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