Microeconomics
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Microeconomics
Addison Wesley Longman, c1999
12th ed
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Includes index
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This thoroughly revised edition provides a complete, balanced introduction to microeconomics and to the most important issues facing the world's economies at the turn of the millennium.
The new edition examines the following key topics-and more:
the use of game theory in the study of firms' behavior
the "good jobs/bad jobs" debate and the "deindustrialization" of America
the antitrust case brought by the Department of Justice against Microsoft
the challenges of reforming Social Security
U.S. trade policy, especially regarding the importance of NAFTA
Chapter 1 introduces the issues of scarcity and choice, surveys national and international trends, and ends with a discussion of the importance and role of economic policy. The case studies in Chapter 6 on rent controls, agricultural price supports, and tariffs are designed to provide practice in applying the tools of price determination and elasticity that are covered in Chapters 4 and 5. Subsequent chapters cover short- and long-run costs, perfect competition, monopolistic competition and oligopoly, factor pricing, factor mobility, labor markets, and government in the market economy. The final three chapters, on taxation, the gains from trade, and trade policy, expand on the basics of microeconomic analysis that are presented throughout the book by providing current illustrations of the relevance of economic theory to contemporary policy situations.
Table of Contents
I. THE NATURE OF ECONOMICS.
1. The Economic Problem.
2. Economics as a Social Science.
3. The Anatomy of a Market Economy.
4. Demand, Supply, and Price.
5. Elasticity.
6. Demand and Supply in Action.
III. CONSUMERS AND PRODUCERS.
7. Consumer Behavior.
8. Production and Cost in the Short Run.
9. Production and Cost in the Long Run.
IV. MARKETS, PRICING, AND EFFICIENCY.
10. Competitive Markets.
11. Monopoly.
12. Imperfect Competition.
13. Economic Efficiency and Public Policy.
14. Inside the Firm.
V. THE MARKETS FOR FACTORS OF PRODUCTION.
15. Factor Pricing and Factor Mobility.
16. Labor Markets.
17. Capital and Nonrenewable Resources.
VI. GOVERNMENT IN THE MARKET ECONOMY.
18. Costs and Benefits of Government Intervention.
19. Environmental and Safety Regulation.
20. Taxation and Public Expenditure.
XI. INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS.
35. The Gains from International Trade.
36. Trade Policy.
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