Principles of microeconomics. Study guide /
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Varying form of title: | Study guide, principles of microeconomics. |
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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