Principles of microeconomics. Study guide /

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Varying form of title:Study guide, principles of microeconomics.
Author / Creator: Beveridge, Thomas M.
Other Authors / Creators:Case, Karl E. Principles of microeconomics.
Fair, Ray C.
Format: Book
Language:English
Edition:Sixth edition.
Imprint: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, [2002]
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Retention:Retained for Eastern Academic Scholars' Trust (EAST) http://eastlibraries.org/retained-materials
Table of Contents:
  • Principles of Microeconomics
  • I. Introduction to Economics
  • 1. The Scope and Method of Economics
  • Appendix 1A. How to Read and Understand Graphs
  • 2. The Economic Problem: Scarcity and Choice
  • 3. The Structure of the Canadian Economy: The Private, Public, and International Sectors
  • 4. Demand, Supply, and Market Equilibrium
  • Appendix 4A. The Simple Mathematics of Demand and Supply
  • 5. The Price System, Supply and Demand, and Elasticity
  • II. Foundation of Microeconomics: Consumers and Firms
  • 6. Household Behaviour and Consumer Choice
  • 7. The Behaviour of Profit-Maximizing Firms and the Production Process
  • Appendix 7A. From Technology and Factor Prices to Cost: Isoquants and Isocosts
  • 8. Short-Run Costs and Output Decisions
  • 9. Cost and Output Decisions in the Long Run
  • Appendix 9A. External Economies and Diseconomies and the Long-Run Industry Supply Curve
  • 10. Input Demand: The Labour and Land Markets
  • 11. The Capital Market and the Investment Decision
  • Appendix 11A. Calculating Present Value
  • 12. General Equilibrium and the Efficiency of Perfect Competition
  • III. Market Imperfections and the Role of Government
  • 13. Monopoly
  • 14. Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly
  • 15. Competition Policy and Regulation in Canada
  • 16. Externalities, Public Goods, Imperfect Information, and Social Choice
  • 17. Income Distribution and Poverty
  • IV. Current Microeconomic Issues
  • 18. Public Finance: The Economics of Taxation
  • 19. The Economics of Labour Markets and Labour Unions
  • 20. Current Problems in Applied Microeconomics: Health Care and Immigration
  • V. The Global Economy
  • 21. International Trade, Comparative Advantage, and Protectionism
  • 22. Economic Growth in Developing Countries
  • Appendix 22A. Marxian Economics
  • Principles of Macroeconomics
  • I. Introduction to Economics
  • 1. The Scope and Method of Economics
  • Appendix 1A. How to Read and Understand Graphs
  • 2. The Economic Problem: Scarcity and Choice
  • 3. The Structure of the Canadian Economy: The Private, Public, and International Sectors
  • 4. Demand, Supply, and Market Equilibrium
  • Appendix 4A. The Simple Mathematics of Demand and Supply Functions
  • 5. The Price System and Supply and Demand
  • II. Concepts and Problems in Macroeconomics
  • 6. Introduction to Macroeconomics
  • 7. Measuring National Output, National Income, and the Price Level
  • 8. Macroeconomic Problems: Unemployment and Inflation
  • III. Macroeconomic Principles and Policy
  • 9. Aggregate Expenditure and Equilibrium Output
  • Appendix 9A. Deriving the Multiplier Algebraically
  • 10. The Government and Fiscal Policy
  • Appendix 10A. Deriving the Fiscal Policy Multipliers Algebraically (with neither Taxes nor Imports Depending on Income)
  • Appendix 10B. The Case in which Tax Revenues (but not Imports) Depend on Income
  • Appendix 10C. The Case in which Imports (but not Tax Revenues) Depend on Income
  • 11. The Money Supply and the Bank of Canada
  • Appendix 11A. Deriving the Money Multiplier Algebraically
  • 12. Money Demand, Interest Rates, Exchange Rates, and Monetary Policy
  • Appendix 12A. The Various Interest Rates in the Canadian Economy
  • IV. Macroeconomic Analysis and Issues
  • 13. Money, the Interest Rate, and Output: Analysis and Policy
  • 14. Aggregate Demand, Aggregate Supply, and Inflation
  • 15. The Labour Market, Unemployment, and Inflation
  • 16. The Debt and Stabilization Policy
  • 17. Household and Firm Behaviour in the Macroeconomy
  • V. Macroeconomic Policy: A Closer Look
  • 18. Issues in Macroeconomic Policy: Monetarism, New Classical Theory, and Supply-Side Economics
  • 19. Economic Growth and Productivity
  • VI. The Global Economy
  • 20. International Trade, Comparative Advantage, and Protectionism
  • 21. Open-Economy Macroeconomics: The Balance of Payments and Exchange Rates
  • 22. Economic Growth in Developing Countries
  • Appendix 22A. Marxian Economics