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Acknowledgements | ix | |
Introduction | xi | |
The methodology of economics | xv | |
Part 1 | Market analysis for the property analyst | |
1 | Applied property market analysis: the theory of demand and supply | 3 |
The essentials of the market system | 3 | |
Applied demand theory | 5 | |
Applied supply theory | 15 | |
The formation of market equilibrium | 20 | |
The impact of changing market conditions | 21 | |
Conclusion | 22 | |
2 | Measured market analysis - the concept of elasticity | 23 |
Price elasticity | 24 | |
Income elasticity of demand | 36 | |
Cross price elasticity of demand | 38 | |
3 | Dynamic property market analysis | 40 |
Owner-occupied housing | 40 | |
Technological change and the location of property | 47 | |
4 | Market analysis for the factors of production in the assembly of property | 56 |
The market for land (with specific reference to building land) | 56 | |
The market for construction materials and components | 61 | |
The market for building labour | 64 | |
Entrepreneurship and individual effort | 69 | |
Productivity in the construction industry | 72 | |
Innovation in the construction industry | 77 | |
5 | Market forces, the property investor and their role in the creation of the built environment | 83 |
Conventional investment appraisal techniques | 86 | |
Discounting techniques of investment appraisal | 90 | |
A critique of investment appraisal techniques | 93 | |
The determination of the economic life of a building | 94 | |
6 | Government intervention in land and construction markets | 107 |
Taxation and subsidization | 107 | |
Regulatory policy: health and safety in buildings and land use control | 112 | |
Price control policies | 114 | |
7 | Market failure in the built environment | 124 |
Externalities in the built environment | 125 | |
Urban policy and externalities | 132 | |
A conclusion on externalities | 135 | |
The case of public goods in the built environment | 136 | |
Monopoly situations in the built environment | 138 | |
Imperfect information in the urban market | 139 | |
Social views and the urban environment | 141 | |
A conclusion on market failure and the rationale for public intervention in the urban market | 142 | |
Part 2 | Applied theory of the firm | |
8 | Applied cost and revenue theory for construction and property | 147 |
Revenues of the firm | 148 | |
Costs facing the firm | 153 | |
Normal profit | 157 | |
The profit maximizing rule | 157 | |
The long-run planning decision: the theory of long-run costs | 158 | |
Economies of scale | 160 | |
Diseconomies of scale | 162 | |
Conclusions on economies and diseconomies of scale | 163 | |
9 | Market structures in construction and property | 165 |
The theory of perfect competition and its application | 166 | |
The theory of monopoly and its application | 175 | |
The construction industry | 183 | |
Part 3 | The economy and its management | |
10 | A simple model of the economy for the property analyst | 193 |
A macro-economic model | 193 | |
Demand in the economy | 194 | |
Supply in the economy | 198 | |
A simple demand and supply model of the macro-economy | 199 | |
The multiplier process | 202 | |
11 | Primary economic objectives and the property sector | 208 |
A steady rate of economic growth | 208 | |
A low and steady rate of inflation | 215 | |
A low level of unemployment | 217 | |
A balance of trade | 217 | |
12 | Macro-economic management, property markets and the construction industry | 219 |
Demand management | 220 | |
Fiscal policy | 220 | |
Monetary policy | 231 | |
A general overview of demand management | 237 | |
Supply-side economics | 238 | |
Local government macro-economic policy and the built environment | 243 | |
Conclusion | 244 | |
Index | 245 |
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