Economics for business

Competition, macro-stability and globalisation

Dermot McAleese

672 pages, parution le 15/04/2001 (2^eme édition)

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Résumé

This text is essential reading for all students who require a business-oriented introduction to economics, but is particularly aimed at MBA students. The strong emphasis on economic concepts and market structures ensures that this book is entirely suitable for executive programmes also.

This book is a compact, self-contained introduction on economics with a strong business and practical orientation. The book focuses on three essential branches of modern economics: competition and the market system, Macroeconomics and the economics of openess and globalisation.

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Preface
- The new economic policy consensus
- What makes nations grow

The market system and competition
- The market system in action
- Market demand and the pricing decision
- The firm in a competitive market
- The economics of market power
- Competition policy, privatisation and regulation
- Government intervention and the market system
- Business and the environment
- Hiring labour and the investment decision

The macroeconomic framework
- Aggregate supply, aggregate demand and the price level
- Price stability and central banks
- Understanding interest rates and monetary policy
- Unemployment and the changing labour market
- Fiscal policy, budget deficits and government debt
- Business fluctuations and forecasting

The global economy
- Foreign trade: patterns and policy
- Capital flows and foreign investment
- Labour migration
- The balance of payments: what it is and why it matters
- Coping with exchange rates
- Exchange rate regimes and the Euro

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Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Prentice Hall
Auteur(s)	Dermot McAleese
Parution	15/04/2001
Édition	2^eme édition
Nb. de pages	672
Format	17,2 x 23,4
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1096g
Intérieur	2 couleurs
EAN13	9780273646228
ISBN13	978-0-273-64622-8