TY - BOOK AU - Myers,Danny TI - Construction economics: a new approach U1 - 338.47624 23 PY - 2022/// CY - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY PB - Routledge KW - Construction industry KW - Management N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; An introduction to the basic concepts -- Economic systems for resource allocation -- The market mechanism -- The theory of demand -- The theory of supply -- Clients and contractors -- Costs of the construction firm -- Types of market structure in the construction industry -- Markets for green buildings and infrastructure -- Market failure and government intervention -- Environmental economics -- Managing the macroeconomy -- The economy and construction : measurement and manipulation -- The business case : inflation and expectations -- Sustainable construction -- N2 - "Construction Economics provides students with the principles underlying the relationship between economic theory and the construction industry"-- ER -