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Economic theory and the construction industry /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London: Macmillan, Distributed in the U.S. by Halsted Press, New York, 1974Description: xii, 233 pISBN:
  • 0333149440
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.4'7'624 HIL
LOC classification:
  • HD9715.G72 H53 1974
Summary: The book deals with the economics of the construction industry, the market and the contracting firms. The demands on the industry are examined from a theoretical standpoint including an examination of the intricacies of the market for housing, the importance of the accelerator in derived demand and the peculiarities of social type demand9, e.g. hospitals and schools. The theory is related to the practice of forecasting demand for construction in all major sectors. The nature of the supply situation is analysed, keeping always in sight the problem of the relationship of the underlying cost and revenue functions to the requirement in the industry to determine cost and price separately for each individual project.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN HQ Library General Stacks Non-fiction 338.4'7'6924 HIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available 31008100104682

Includes bibliographical references: p. [215]-220 and index.

The book deals with the economics of the construction industry, the market and the contracting firms. The demands on the industry are examined from a theoretical standpoint including an examination of the intricacies of the market for housing, the importance of the accelerator in derived demand and the peculiarities of social type demand9, e.g. hospitals and schools. The theory is related to the practice of forecasting demand for construction in all major sectors. The nature of the supply situation is analysed, keeping always in sight the problem of the relationship of the underlying cost and revenue functions to the requirement in the industry to determine cost and price separately for each individual project.

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