Applied Economics, 12th edition

Published by FT Publishing International (9 November 2011) © 2012

  • Alan Griffiths Ashcroft International Business School, Anglia Ruskin University
  • Stuart Wall Anglia Ruskin University , Cambridge International Education Centre , Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College
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Title overview

Ø      Combines information and analysis over 30 separate economics and business topic areas.

Ø      Clear and easy-to-read writing style

Ø      Well-balanced blend of theory and application

Ø      5 brand new chapters, including 'Health Economics' and 'Corporate Social and Ethicial Responsibilty'

Ø      Examination of global policy issues helps give a broader international context.

Ø      New material on the recent financial crisis and its impact on the world economy

Ø      Improved online supplements package provides enhanced animated Power Points and additional data questions 

Table of contents

  1. Changes in the economic structure

Part I Theory of the firm

  1. Financial reports as a source of corporate information
  2. Firm objectives and firm behaviour
  3. Entrepreneurship and small/medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
  4. Mergers and acquisitions in the growth of the firm
  5. Oligopoly in theory and practice
  6. The multinational corporation
  7. Privatization and deregulation
  8. Beyond markets: critical approaches to microeconomics

Part II Environmental, regional and social economics

  1. The economics of the environment
  2. Transport
  3. Health economics
  4. Distribution of income and wealth
  5. Trade unions, wages and collective bargaining
  6. Corporate social and ethical responsibility

Part III Macroeconomics

  1. Consumption and saving
  2. Investment
  3. Public expenditure
  4. Taxation
  5. Money and monetary policy
  6. Financial institutions and markets
  7. Inflation
  8. Unemployment

Part IV International economics

  1. Globalization
  2. Exchange rates and trade performance
  3. Free trade, regional trading blocs and protectionism
  4. The European Union
  5. The BRIC economies: Brazil, Russia, India and China
  6. Growth and development
  7. Managing the global economy: post ‘credit crunch’

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