TY - BOOK AU - Griffiths, Alan AU - Wall, Stuart TI - Applied economics: an introductory course: SN - 0582246318 9780582246317 AV - HB171.5.A65 PY - 1995/// CY - London PB - Longman; KW - Economics. N1 - Includes index; Contents: 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. ER -