Buch, Englisch, Band 3, 138 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 407 g
Buch, Englisch, Band 3, 138 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 407 g
Reihe: Studies in Industrial Organization
ISBN: 978-90-247-2603-5
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
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1. Cement, Its Production and Distribution.- 1.1 The Production Process.- 1.2 Economies of Scale.- 1.3 Energy Consumption.- 1.4 Homogeneity.- 1.5 Transport Costs.- 1.6 International Trade.- 1.7 The Demand for Cement.- 2. A General View of the Cement Industry in Europe.- 2.1 Sizes of the Markets.- 2.2 Concentration.- 2.3 Production.- 2.4 Capacity Utilisation.- 2.5 Pricing Systems and Price Control.- 2.6 Price Movements.- 3. The United Kingdom.- 3.1 Outline of the Industry.- 3.2 Consumption, Production Capacity and Capacity Utilisation.- 3.3 The Cement Price Agreement.- 3.4 Prices, Costs and Price Control.- 3.5 Investment and Technical Innovation.- 3.6 Price Agreement and ‘Administered’ Competition.- 4. Italy.- 4.1 Outline of the Industry.- 4.2 Production, Capacity and The Process of Industrial Concentration.- 4.3 Technical Progress; capacity utilisation and energy consumption.- 4.4 Price Control and Prices.- 4.5 Performance.- 4.6 Price Control and Competition.- 5. France.- 5.1 Outline of the Industry.- 5.2 Production, Consumption and Capacity Utilisation.- 5.3 Price Control in France.- 5.4 The Process of Industrial Concentration.- 5.5 Investment and Technical Progress.- 5.6 Competition and Public Regulated Oligopoly.- 6. Germany.- 6.1 Outline of the Industry.- 6.2 Production and The Process of Industrial Concentration.- 6.3 Prices and The Pricing System.- 6.4 Technical Innovation and Capacity Utilisation.- 6.5 Performance.- 6.6 Recession and Competition among Different-sized Firms.- Conclusions.- 7.1 The Four Case-Studies.- 7.2 Competition and ‘Heroic’ Assumptions.- 7.3 General Conclusions.- Price Control Experiences in Industrialized Countries.- Price Control as Counter-inflationary Policy.- Characteristics of Price Control.- Prices Control Experiences.- Italy.-Belgium.- France.- West Germany.- The United Kingdom.- The Netherlands.- Republic of Ireland.- Austria.- Sweden.- Canada.- USA.- Australia.- New Zealand.- Japan.- Experiences with Price Control and the Authority of the State.- Author’s Index.- Companies Index.