Economics (Record no. 37378)
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| fixed length control field | 02183nam a2200205 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780393975840 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0393975843 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 330 |
| Item number | STI |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Stiglitz, Joseph E |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Economics |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher | New York : |
| Place of publication | W.W. Norton, |
| Year of publication | 2000. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xxvii, 756, 38 pages : |
| Other physical details | color illustrations, color maps ; |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Glossary and Index annexed |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Part 1 Introduction: Economics and the motor industry; basic principles; trade; demand, supply and price; using demand and supply; time and risk; the public sector. Part 2 Perfect markets; the consumption division; labour supply and savings; the firm's costs; production; competitive equilibrium. Part 3 Imperfect markets: monopolies and imperfect competition; oligopolies; government policies towards competition; technological change; imperfect information in the product market; imperfections in the labour market. Part 4 Policy issues: externalities and the environment; taxes, transfers and redistribution; public decision making. Part 5 Full-employment macroeconomics: macroeconomics goals and measures; the full-employment model; using the full-employment model. Part 6 Unemployment macroeconomics: overview of unemployment macroeconomics; aggregate demand; consumption and investment; money, banking and credit; monetary theory; fiscal and monetary policy. Part 7 Dynamics and macro policy: inflation - wage and price dynamics; unemployment - understanding wage rigidities; inflation versus employment - approaches to policy. Part 8 Issues in macroeconomic policy: growth and productivity; economic integration - the European Union; trade policy; alternative economic systems; development. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Based on Joseph Stiglitz's ground-breaking Economics--which set new standards in the teaching of the subject to undergraduates--adapted by John Driffill of Birkbeck College, this textbook will be suitable for introductory courses in Britain, the Republic of Ireland and South Africa as well as many European countries. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Economics. Economie. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Économie politique -- Manuels d'enseignement supérieur. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Driffill, John |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Reference Books |
| Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Reference | Main Library | Main Library | Reference | 24/01/2002 | Purchased | 1967.40 | 330 STI | 006954 | Reference Books |