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The Economics of Services : Microfoundations, Development and Policy / Jan Owen Jansson, Professor Emeritus, Limköping University, Sweden.
Publication details: Cheltenham Edward Elgar, [2013].Edition: Second EditionDescription: x, 328 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780857932174 (hbk) :
- 0857932179 (hbk) :
- HD9980.5 .J36 2013
Contents:
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.
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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.
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