| Description |
xxxi, 448 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Ten principles of economics -- Thinking like an economist -- Interdependence and the gains from trade -- Supply and demand 1 : how markets work -- Market forces of supply and demand -- Elasticity and its application -- Supply, demand and government policies -- Supply and demand II: markets and welfare -- Consumers, producers and the efficiency of markets -- Application: costs of taxation -- International trade -- Economics of the public sector -- Externalities -- Public goods and common resources -- Design of the tax system -- Firm behaviour and the organisation of industry -- Costs of production -- Firms in competitive markets -- Monopoly -- Oligopoly -- Monopolisitic competition -- Economics of labour markets -- Markets for the factors of production -- Earnings, unions and discrimination -- Income inequality and poverty |
| Summary |
Adapted from Principles of Macroeconomics by G. Mankiw, this new Pacific Rim second edition will provide students from Australia, New Zealand, and South-East Asia with a concise, relevant and practical introduction to macroeconomics and how it is applied in the real world |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Previous ed.: Sydney : Harcourt Australia, 1999 |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 439-440 |
| Audience |
Tertiary students |
| Notes |
Also published as an electronic book (Etitle) by James Bennett Pty. Ltd., in 2004 with ISBN 0170117197 |
| Subject |
Planning -- Law and legislation -- Australia -- Victoria.
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Land use, Urban -- Australia -- Victoria.
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Zoning -- Australia -- Victoria.
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Macroeconomics.
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| Author |
Stonecash, Robin Ellen
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Building Designers Association of Victoria
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| LC no. |
00002374 |
| ISBN |
017010639X : |
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