Microeconomics

Author(s)

• Slavin, Stephen L.

Bibliographic Information

Microeconomics

Stephen L. Slavin

Irwin/McGraw-Hill, c1999

5th ed

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This comprehensive text should be useful for community colleges, technical schools, and many four-year schools. The topics are tackled in a straightforward and humorous way with a historical approach. There is a wealth of problems and exercises and end-of-chapter questions.

Table of Contents

• A brief economic history of the United States
• resource utilization.
• supply and demand
• the mixed economy
• applications in supply and demand
• demand
• utility and consumer surplus
• supply
• cost and profit
• supply in the short run and the long run
• perfect competition
• monopoly
• monopolistic competition
• oligopoly
• the four types of competition - a review
• corporate mergers and anti-trust
• demand in the factor market
• labour unions
• labour markets and wage rates
• rent.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA43783694
• ISBN:
  • 0256263299
• LCCN: 98016407
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Boston, Mass
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 495 p.
• Size: 28 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 338.5
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Microeconomics