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The Economics of Services: Development and Policy
The aim of the book is to complement mainstream economics textbooks by a carefully prepared definition of services and the service sector, which considers the characteristics of services which make the main difference for economic analysis. In addition to the positive description and analysis of the service sector (Parts I, II, III), the book contains a substantial policy section (Part IV) where the analytical framework and tools developed in the first three parts are applied. In Parts I-III, the economic analysis is applicable to most economies, as is economic theory in general. The descriptive material is predominantly based on Swedish data. The data are not meant to point out distinctive features of the Swedish economy, but to illustrate significant issues, which are probably applicable to most other mixed economies. The policy analysis of Part IV focuses of the problems of the modern welfare state. The example of Sweden is frequently referred to in this case too, but I dare say that the problems are general enough to make discussion widely interesting.
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