Public Sector Economics
Author: Richard W. Tresch
Edition: First
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Pages: 528
Price: £35.99
ISBN 9780230522237
Tresch provides a view of mainstream concepts with a theoretical focus throughout. The book is accompanied by a companion website, and web-based examples aim to provide reinforcement for students on how these theories can be applied in a local and relevant real-world context.
Transport Economics: Theory, Application and Policy
Authors: Graham Mallard and Stephen Glaister
Edition: First
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Pages: 336
Price: £65.00 and £35.99
ISBN 9780230516878 and 6885
This text aims to bring economic theories alive for students, elucidating traditional concepts by applying them to a real-world context. It examines the microeconomic concepts that underpin this sector and the implications for transport markets with real examples from across the European Union.
The Economics of Social Problems
Authors: Sarah Smith, Julian Le Grand and Carol Propper
Edition: Fourth
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Pages: 216
Price: £23.99
ISBN 9780230553002
This text has been updated to reflect how economic policies on housing, crime, the environment and pensions, among other areas, have changed in recent years. The authors offer a lucid introduction to important economic concepts, showing how they are applied in a real-world setting.
The Economics of Benchmarking: Measuring Performance for Competitive Advantage
Author: Thijs ten Raa
Edition: First
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Pages: 128
Price: £19.99
ISBN 9780230224384
This text presents the tools, theory and practice of benchmarking, explaining the principles that underlie the technique, and aims to show how useful economic information about efficiency, productivity and profitability can be gleaned.
The Economics of Growth
Authors: Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt
Edition: First
Publisher: MIT Press
Pages: 512
Price: £36.95
ISBN 9780262012638
This text presents the main facts and puzzles about growth, proposes simple methods and models needed to explain these facts, acquaints the reader with the most recent theoretical and empirical developments, and provides tools with which to analyse policy design.
Maths for Economics
Author: Geoff Renshaw
Edition: Second
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Pages: 672
Price: £35.99
ISBN 9780199236817
Renshaw provides a foundation in mathematical principles and methods for economics and business students. The book aims to build self-confidence in maths by reinforcing learning at each step through worked examples and test exercises.
The Economics of Imperfect Labor Markets
Authors: Tito Boeri and Jan van Ours
Edition: First
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Pages: 344
Price: £65.00 and £35.00
ISBN 9780691124490 and 37353
Boeri and van Ours examine the many institutions that affect the behaviour of workers and employers in imperfect labour markets. The book defines and measures these institutions to accurately characterise their effects, and discusses how these institutions are being changed by political and economic forces.
