TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jansson,Jan Owen
TI  - The Economics of Services: Microfoundations, Development and Policy 
SN  - 9780857932174 (hbk) :
AV  - HD9980.5 .J36 2013
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - Cheltenham
PB  - Edward Elgar
KW  - Service industries
KW  - Industrial policy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
ER  -