The economics of services : microfoundations, development and policy /
Jan Owen Jansson, Professor Emeritus, Limköping University, Sweden.
- 2nd ed.
- Cheltenham, UK. : Edward Elgar, c2013.
- x, 328 p. ; ill. : 24 cm.
Machine generated contents note: pt. I THE SERVICE ECONOMY IN PERSPECTIVE -- 1.Two approaches to service sector definition and measurement -- 2.Merit goods -- pt. II MICROECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS -- 3.Production costs of non-storable goods -- 4.Distribution costs of non-transportable goods -- 5.The basic trade-off and the resulting market areas -- 6.Market forms and competition -- 7.Supply and demand at the system level -- 8.Welfare economics 1: Towards A-efficiency -- 9.Welfare economics 2: Towards X-efficiency -- pt. III URBANISATION AND SERVICE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT -- 10.Unprecedented rise in the standard of living -- 11.Structural change of the economy -- 12.Urban service industries before the private car -- 13.Mass motoring, enlargement of service markets and urban sprawl -- 14.Towards sustainability of the service sector -- pt. IV PUBLIC POLICY TOWARDS SERVICES -- 15.Trust in economic growth cannot replace allocation policy -- 16.Is cost-benefit analysis the answer? -- Contents note continued: 17.Towards social balance in the consumption -- 18.Increased employment for absolute want satisfaction -- 19.The financial challenge -- 20.Summary and conclusions.
Acclaim for the first edition:ÔThis is a well-written, provocative book, featuring much new material, original data analyses and interesting insights. Despite the proliferation of books on various aspects of services, there is nothing quite like it arou