01338nam a22001697a 4500008004100000020002900041050001600070100002100086245008300107250000800190260003000198300002800228500002000256505085900276650001601135700001701151111116t        xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a0582246318 9780582246317  aHB171.5.A65  a Griffiths, Alan  aApplied economics: an introductory course /b cAlan Griffiths and Stuart Wall  a6th  aLondon:bLongman; c1995.  axi, 769 p:bill,c24cm.  aIncludes index.  aContents: Changes in the U.K. economic structure -- Company accounts as a source of financial information -- Firm objectives and firm behavior -- The Small firm  -- Mergers and acquisitions in the growth of the firm -- Oligopoly  -- The Multinational corporation -- Privatization and nationalized Industries -- Pricing in practice -- Economics of the environment -- Transport -- Social policy --  Consumption and saving --  Investment --  Public Expenditure -- Taxation -- The U.K. financial system -- Money -- Inflation -- Unemployment -- Regional and urban policy -- Trade unions, wages and collective bargaining -- Distributions of income and wealth -- Exchange rates -- United Kingdom trade performance -- Free trade regional trading blocs and protectionism -- Managing the economy -- The European Union -- International money -- A Guide to sources.   aEconomics.   aWall, Stuart