Economics of the Energy Industries

by William Spangar Peirce

Book Overview

A well-written and extremely informative book about our energy industries, their significance to the economy, and how economists analyze the problems associated with energy production and consumption. The reader with only a cursory knowledge of economic principles, as well as trained economists, will learn much from Peirce's incisive and sometimes acerbic examination of the coal, oil, natural gas, electric utility, nuclear power, and the alternative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275956261
• ISBN13: 9780275956264
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.6"