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Economic theory and the construction industry

Title
  1. Economic theory and the construction industry [by] Patricia M. Hillebrandt.
Published by
  1. [London] Macmillan [Distributed in the U.S. by Halsted Press, New York], [1974]
Author
  1. Hillebrandt, Patricia M.

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Description
  1. xii, 233 pages illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
  1. UK. Monograph on the economics of the construction industry - presents an economic analysis of supply and demand functions, types of cost relationship, pricing, competition, profits, etc., and covers relevant areas of economic theory. References.
Subject
  1. Construction industry > Great Britain
  2. Construction industry
  3. Bauwirtschaft
  4. Unternehmenstheorie
  5. Bouwconstructies
  6. economics
  7. construction industry
  8. economic analysis
  9. supply and demand
  10. cost
  11. pricing
  12. competition
  13. profit
  14. economic theory
  15. sciences économiques
  16. bâtiment et travaux publics
  17. analyse économique
  18. offre et demande
  19. coût
  20. fixation du prix
  21. concurrence
  22. théorie économique
  23. ciencias económicas
  24. industria de la construcción
  25. análisis económico
  26. oferta y demanda
  27. costo
  28. fijación del precio
  29. competencia
  30. utilidad
  31. teoría económica
  32. Great Britain
  33. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  34. Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord
  35. Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte
Genre/Form
  1. reference.
  2. référence bibliographique.
  3. referencia.
Contents
  1. The nature of construction economics -- Relation of the construction industry to the economy -- Some basic concepts in economics -- Demand for housing -- Demand for industrial and commercial building -- Demand for social-type construction -- How demand is put to the industry -- The firm and its objectives -- Costs of the construction firm -- Market supply curves -- Equilibrium in various market situations -- Demand curves facing the individual firm -- Price determination for a single project -- Conclusions on costs, revenue and the equilibrium of the contracting firm.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Bibliography: p. [215]-220.