Economic concepts and applications
Subtitle: the contemporary New Zealand environment
By: Susan St. John and James Stewart
Publisher: Longman
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Auckland, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 540
Subjects: Economics; Natural resources; Economic conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 521) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. The economic problem; title: 2. Demand and supply; title: 3. Market equilibrium; title: 4. Elasticity of demand and supply; title: 5. Costs of products; title: 6. Market structures; title: 7. The equilibrium of the firm in perfect competition; title: 8. The equilibrium of the firm in imperfect competition; title: 9. Demand for factors of production: marginal productivity theory; title: 10. Wage determination; title: 11. The free market, allocative efficiency and the role of the state; title: 12. Aggregate economic activity; title: 13. Measurement of GDP; title: 14. Aggregate demand and supply; title: 15. The nature of money; title: 16. Banking and the creation of money; title: 17. The market for money and monetary policy; title: 18. Government in the economy; title: 19. Free trade and protection; title: 20. The balance of payments and exchange rates; title: 21. Macroeconomic policy in the New Zealand economy.