TY - BOOK AU - Griffiths,Alan AU - Griffiths,Alan AU - Wall,Stuart TI - Applied economics SN - 9780273708223 (pbk.) : AV - HB171 U1 - 330 GRI PY - 2007/// CY - Harlow PB - Financial Times Prentice Hall KW - Economics KW - ukslc KW - thema KW - Macroeconomics KW - Microeconomics N1 - Previous ed.: 2004; Includes bibliographical references and index; 1.Changes in the UK economic structure -- 2.Financial reports as a source of corporate information -- 3.Firm objectives and firm behaviour -- 4.The small firm -- 5.Mergers and acquisitions in the growth of the firm -- 6.Oligopoly -- 7.The multinational corporation -- 8.Privatizationand deregulation -- 9.Pricing in practice -- 10.The economics of the environment -- 11.Regional and urban policy -- 12.Transport -- 13.Social policy -- 14.Distributionof income and wealth -- 15.Trade unions, wages, and collective bargaining -- 16.Consumption and saving -- 17.Investment -- 18.Public expenditure -- 19.Taxation -- 20.Money and EMU -- 21.Financial institutions and markets -- 22.Inflation -- 23.Unemployment -- 24.Managing the economy -- 25.Globalization -- 26.Exchange rates -- 27.United Kingdom trade performance -- 28.Free trade, regional trading blocks and protectionism -- 29.The European Union -- 30.Growth and development N2 - With clear presentation, broad coverage of economic topics and blend of theory and application, the 11th edition of 'Applied Economics' continues the traditions which have established it a prime text for students of applied economics ER -