
An Introduction to Economics
Concepts for Students of Agriculture and the Rural Sector
Berkeley Hill(Author)
CABI Publishing
4th Edition
Published on 6. November 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-78064-475-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides a simple but effective introduction to economics. Fully updated and revised, this fourth edition incorporates the recent changes that have taken place in the environment in which agriculture operates. Covering the impacts of the EU expansion to 28 Member States, major changes to financial support of agriculture, financial crises, economic recession and, in many countries, high levels of unemployment, it provides a rounded and up to date introduction to the subject. The inclusion of chapter-focused exercises, essay questions and further reading suggestions make this textbook an invaluable learning tool for students of agriculture, economics and related sectors.
More details
Edition
4th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Wallingford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
716 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78064-475-2 (9781780644752)
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Person
Successively from 1970 to 2005 Berkeley Hill held the posts of lecturer, senior lecturer, reader in Agricultural Economics and, from 1999, professor at Wye College (University of London) and, following its merger in 2000, Imperial College London. This involved teaching economics and policy and researching at the interface between statistics and policy. On early retirement in 2005 he was made Emeritus Professor of Policy Analysis by Imperial College London (currently being listed within its Environmental Policy group). In 2008/9 Berkeley Hill was elected President of the Agricultural Economics Society. Since 2005 he has worked as a consultant for the World Bank, FAO, OECD, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and the UNECE. He has also worked as part of the AgraCEAS Consulting team (a business part-owned by Imperial College) evaluating aspects of rural development policy in England, Wales and Scotland and in assessing the impact on agriculture of Brexit.
Content
1: Preface 2: Acknowledgements 3: What is Economics? 4: Explaining the Behaviour of Individuals: Theory of Consumer Choice 5: Demand and Supply: the Price Mechanism in a Market Economy 6: Markets and Competition 7: Production Economics: Theory of the Firm 8: Factors of Production and their Rewards: Theory of Distribution 9: Market Failure: Some Problems of Using the Market to Allocate Resources 10: Macroeconomics: the Workings of the Whole Economy 11: International Trade 12: Government Policy for Agriculture and Rural Areas Appendix 1: Essay Questions Appendix 2: Suggested Answers and Explanations for the Exercises following each Chapter 13: References 14: Suggested Further Reading