Money the Financial System and the Economy or Construction Project Management

Money, the Financial System, and the Economy

Author: R Glenn Hubbard

Hubbard demonstrates how we use economic tools to understand financial markets and institutions. In doing so, he helps students learn to interpret current events, predict future developments, and make better economic decisions.

Introduction: Introducing Money and the Financial System; Money and the Payments System; Overview and the Financial System. Interest Rates: Interest Rates and Rates of Return; The Theory of Portfolio Allocation; Determining Market Interest Rates; Risk Structure and Term Structure of Interest Rates. Financial Markets: The Foreign Exchange Market and Exchange Rates; Derivative Securities and Derivative Markets; Information and Financial Market Efficiency; Reducing Transactions Costs and Information Costs.Financial Institutions: What Financial Institutions Do; The Business of Banking; The Banking Industry; Banking Regulation: Crisis and Response; Banking in the International Economy.The Money Supply Process and Monetary Policy: The Money Supply Process; Changes in the Monetary Base; Organization of Central Banks; Monetary Policy Tools; The Conduct of Monetary Policy; The International Financial System and Monetary Policy. The Financial System and the Macroeconomy: The Demand for Money; Linking the Financial System and the Economy: The IS-LM-FE Model; Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply; Money and Output in the Short Run; Information Problems and Channels for Monetary Policy; Inflation: Causes and Consequences.

For all readers interested in money and banking.

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Construction Project Management

Author: Glenn A Sears

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This guide to the critical path method (CPM) of project scheduling uses a highway bridge with a complete cost estimate to illustrate each of the principles of project management. Suitable for use as a textbook. The fourth edition adds two chapters on production planning and schedule applications. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

Preface     vii
Construction Practices     1
Management System     17
Project Cost Estimating     31
Project Planning     63
Project Scheduling     85
Production Planning     129
Project Time Acceleration     147
Resource Management     173
Project Time Management     197
Project Cost System     223
Project Financial Management     259
Scheduling Applications     285
Highway Bridge Bid-Item Summary Sheets     309
SI Unit Highway Bridge Bid-Item Summary Sheets     323
Highway Bridge Project Outline     345
Arrow Notation     347
The PERT Procedure     367
Analysis of Estimating Accuracy     373
Highway Bridge Case Studies     381
Index     395