01999pamaa2200265 4500 0000050741 20130517090000.0 121011s2012 eng 9780273736905 / 0273736906 (pbk.) HB171.5 APP 2012 Applied economics edited by Alan Griffiths & Stuart Wall. 12th ed. Harlow, Essex ; New York, NY: Pearson Financial Times, 2012. xxxii, 696 p.: col. ill.; 25 cm. BBDUH BMAUH BATUH BFIUH Includes bibliographical references and index Changes i-n the economic structure -- Theory of the firm -- Financial reports as a source of corporate information -- Firm objectives and firm behaviour -- Entrepreneurship and small/medium-sized enterprises (SMES) -- Mergers and acquisitions in the rowth of the firm -- Oligopoly -- The multinational corporation -- Privatization and deregulation -- Beyond markets : critical approaches to microeconomics -- Environmental, regional and social economics -- The economics of the environment -- Transport -- Health economics -- Distribution of income and wealth -- Trade unions, wages, and collective bargaining -- Corporate social and ethical responsibility -- Macroeconomics -- Consumption and saving -- Investment -- Public expenditure -- Taxation -- Money and monetary policy -- Financial institutions and markets -- Inflation -- Unemployment -- International economics -- Globalization -- Exchange rates and trade performance -- Free trade, regional trading blocs, and protectionism -- The European Union -- The bric economies : Brazil, Russia, India, and China -- Growth and development -- Managing the global economy : post +credit crunch+ -- A guide to sources Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 20th century Economics Wall, Stuart Griffiths, Alan www.pearsonhighered.com