Economics
6th Edition
Published on 16. July 2000
Audio
CD-Extra
660 pages
978-0-07-709615-1 (ISBN)
Description
Begg, Fischer and Dornbusch'||'''s economics is the UK'||'''s best selling introduction to economics for students in higher education. The book has sold over 450,000 copies since it was first published, and has been called "The Students Bible" in a recent Radio 4 broadcast. Students and lecturers can find comprehensive and frequently updated website resources for the text at the Online Learning Centre www.begg6.com. The 6th edition, thoroughly updated, includes an exciting new chapter on the Information Economy, and additional material on the recent economic issues facing both the UK and the EU. From Summer 2000, each copy bought by students will include a FREE student CD. On this CD we provide the student with extra material to aid them in their study of economics. All of the material on the CD can be obtained through the Online Learning Centre but we recognise that students cannot always access the Internet. A free CD will ensure that the maximum amount of students have access to the maximum amount of text-supporting resources.
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Edition
6th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-709615-1 (9780077096151)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
David K.H. Begg | Stanley Fischer | Rudiger Dornbusch
Economics
Book
08/1997
5th Edition
McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.
€34.65
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Person
David Begg is Principal of the Tanaka Business School at Imperial College London. He has been a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (a network of leading European economists) since its inception in 1984. David's research focuses mainly on monetary policy, exchange rates, monetary union, and economic transition. He is a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research. He co-authored several of the CEPR annual reports in the series he helped found: Monitoring the European Central Bank, and Monitoring European Integration. The 1997 MEI Report, EMU: Getting the Endgame Right, changed the policy that the European Union adopted to launch the euro in 1999. He was also founding Managing Editor of Economic Policy, now an official journal of the European Economic Association.
Content
1. Economics and the Economy 2. The Tools of Economic Analysis 3. Demand, Supply and the Market 4. Government in the Mixed Economy 5. The Effect of Price and Income on Demand Quantities 6. The Theory of Consumer Choice 7. Business Organization and Behaviour 8. Developing The Theory of Supply 9. Perfect Competition and Pure Monopoly 10. Market structure and Imperfect Competition 11. The Information Economy 12. The Analysis of Factor Markets 13. Human Capital, Discrimination and Trade Unions 14. Capital and Land 15. Coping with Risk in Economic Life 16. Introduction to Welfare Economics 17. Taxes and Public Spending 18. Industrial Policy and Competition Policy 19. Privatization and Regulation 20. Introduction to Macroeconomics and National Income Accounting 21. The Determination of National Income 22. Aggregate Demand, Fiscal Policy and Foreign Trade 23. Money and Modern Banking 24. Central Banking and the Monetary System 25. Monetary and Fiscal Policy in a Closed Economy 26. Aggregate Supply, Price Level and the Speed of Adjustment 27. Unemployment 28. Inflation 29. Open Economy Macroeconomics 30. Economic Growth 31. Business Cycle 32. Macroeconomics: Where do we Stand 33. International Trade and Commercial Policy 34. The International Monetary System and International Finance 35. European Integration 36. Problems of Developing Countries.