The Economics of Services : microfoundations, Development and Policy Jan Owen Jansson
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Cheltenham : Edward Elgar 2013 Edition: 2nd edDescription: x, 328pISBN: 9780857932174 (hbk); 0857932179 (hbk)Subject(s): Service industries | Industrial policy | Urbanisation | Public policy towards servicesDDC classification: 338.47 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Machine generated contents note: pt. I THE SERVICE ECONOMY IN PERSPECTIVE -- 1.Two approaches to service sector definition and measurement -- 2.Merit goods -- pt. II MICROECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS -- 3.Production costs of non-storable goods -- 4.Distribution costs of non-transportable goods -- 5.The basic trade-off and the resulting market areas -- 6.Market forms and competition -- 7.Supply and demand at the system level -- 8.Welfare economics 1: Towards A-efficiency -- 9.Welfare economics 2: Towards X-efficiency -- pt. III URBANISATION AND SERVICE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT -- 10.Unprecedented rise in the standard of living -- 11.Structural change of the economy -- 12.Urban service industries before the private car -- 13.Mass motoring, enlargement of service markets and urban sprawl -- 14.Towards sustainability of the service sector -- pt. IV PUBLIC POLICY TOWARDS SERVICES -- 15.Trust in economic growth cannot replace allocation policy -- 16.Is cost-benefit analysis the answer? --
Contents note continued: 17.Towards social balance in the consumption -- 18.Increased employment for absolute want satisfaction -- 19.The financial challenge -- 20.Summary and conclusions.