The Economics of Services by Jan Owen Jansson

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Updated ISBN2
9780857932174
Updated ISBN1
0857932179
Publish Year
2006
ISBN
9781845423971
Subject Area
Business & Economics
Publication Name
Economics of Services : Development and Policy
Publisher
Elgar Publishing, Incorporated, Edward
Item Length
9.2 in
Subject
Industries / Service, Economics / Theory
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
0.6 in
Author
Jan Owen Jansson
Item Weight
23.5 Oz
Item Width
6.1 in
Number of Pages
360 Pages
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Publisher
Elgar Publishing, Incorporated, Edward
ISBN-10
1845423976
ISBN-13
9781845423971
eBay Product ID (ePID)
46983677

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
360 Pages
Publication Name
Economics of Services : Development and Policy
Language
English
Subject
Industries / Service, Economics / Theory
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Business & Economics
Author
Jan Owen Jansson
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
23.5 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in

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Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2005-050165
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
'This 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 around. In particular, examination of the challenges that the growth of services presents to conventional economics is very valuable.'
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
338.4/7
Table Of Content
Contents: PrefacePart I: Introduction 1. Purpose, Definitions and Present Structure of Service Consumption 2. Three Phases in the Development of Service Sector Employment 3. Key Service Characteristics for Economic Analysis Part II: Micro Foundations 4. Adding the Spatial Aspect to Elementary Cost Theory5. Service Production Costs 6. Service Distribution Costs 7. The Basic Trade-off and Derivation of the Supply-System Cost Function 8. Optimal Charges for Services with the Focus on the User Cost Component 9. Location Patterns and Competition Part III: Driving Forces For and Against the Service Economy 10. Interpreting the Past Development by the Model of Unbalanced Productivity Growth 11. Urbanization and the Emergence Service Markets 12. Transport Motorization, Market Area Enlargement and Urban Sprawl 13. Towards a Self-Service Economy with Edge City Settlers as Prime Movers? Part IV: Public Policy Towards Services 14. Policy for Promotion of Urban Amenities 15. The Overriding Problem of the Modern Welfare State 16. Trust in Economic Growth Cannot Replace Allocation Policy 17. Merit Goods Revisited 18. Towards Allocative Efficiency 1: Reformation of the Resource Allocation Over the Budget 19. Towards Allocative Efficiency 2: Marginal Cost Pricing and Differential Commodity Taxation 20. Towards X-efficiency in Public Service Provision 21. Summary of Policy Recommendations ReferencesIndex
Synopsis
Jan Owen Jansson argues that conventional economic theory is too focused on material goods markets. By making the special character of services (immaterial goods) as market objects the starting-point for the economic system analysis, a new view of the big problems of a mixed economy is offered. The author describes the present structure, past development and micro foundations of the service sector. He reasons that contrary to what the new service economy 'heralds' claim, the share of service consumption in total consumption is not increasing, but has been about 50 per cent in real terms for a long time. The structural change of the economy that has been most important for the service sector development is the spatial reorganization of economic activities resultant from the urbanization process. This has been the main driving force which has offset the widening productivity gap between goods and services production, due to Baumol's cost-disease, and which explains how the overall rate of economic growth has been maintained at an all time high level during a century when service sector employment has expanded from 20 per cent to 70 per cent of total employment. Jan Owen Jansson's policy analysis is that we should strive for a real service economy where a much larger share of total consumption in real terms is constituted by services. He argues that this state will not automatically arise, but requires an allocation policy that takes the fundamental differences between goods and services both on the cost side and demand side into account. This book will strongly appeal to a wide-ranging audience including researchers, lecturers and academics with an interest in general microeconomics, transport, urban and regional economics, economic geography and economic history. It will also be of great value to central and local government officials, and all those who are interested in the long-term future of our society., Jan Owen Jansson argues that conventional economic theory is very focused on material goods markets. By making the special character of services as market objects the starting point for the economic system analysis, he offers a new perspective on the problems facing mixed economies., Jan Owen Jansson argues that conventional economic theory is too focused on material goods markets. By making the special character of services (immaterial goods) as market objects the starting-point for the economic system analysis, a new view of the big problems of a mixed economy is offered.
LC Classification Number
HD9980.5.J36 2006

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