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050 00 $aHD9715.U52$bF52 1997
082 00 $a338.4/769/00973$220
100 1 $aFinkel, Gerald.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr94011302
245 14 $aThe economics of the construction industry /$cGerald Finkel.
260 $aArmonk, N.Y. :$bM.E. Sharpe,$c[1997], ©1997.
300 $axi, 177 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 167-171) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tThe Historical Development of the Construction Market --$g2.$tEconomic Theory and the Construction Industry --$g3.$tAn Industry Overview --$g4.$tTrends and Directions in the Construction Industry --$g5.$tConstruction Statistics --$g6.$tDeterminants of Construction Investment --$g7.$tThe Role of Government --$g8.$tProductivity --$g9.$tCase Studies and the Union/Nonunion Productivity Question --$g10.$tCompetition and Workplace Control --$g11.$tThe Determination of Wages --$g12.$tOrganized Labor and the Building Trades --$g13.$tConstruction Industry Training --$g14.$tSafety Concerns --$g15.$tConclusions.
520 $aThe U.S. construction industry is responsible for nearly 4 percent of the nation's gross domestic product and directly employs over five million people. In this book, author Gerald Finkel provides an introductory overview of the economic aspects of the industry and surveys the historical development of building activity from earliest times to modern, market-based construction.
650 0 $aConstruction industry$zUnited States.
852 00 $boff,bus$hHD9715.U52$iF52 1997