Microeconomics

Name: Microeconomics
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ISBN: 9780132962049

ISBN-10: 0132962047

ISBN-13: 9780132962049

Edition: 4th 2013

Authors: R. Glenn Hubbard, Anthony Patrick O'Brien

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Learn economics through real business examples.Hubbard/O'Brien explains the basics of economics by demonstrating how real businesses use economics to make real decisions everyday. This is something all readers can connect to, as they encounter businesses in their daily lives. And regardless of future career path—opening an art studio, doing social work, trading on Wall Street, working for the government, or bartending at the local pub—readers will benefit from understanding the economic forces behind their work.

Book details

List price: $252.13
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 4/13/2012
Binding: Mixed Media
Pages: 720
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.948




Introduction



Economics: Foundations and Models



Trade-offs, Comparative Advantage, and the Market System



Where Prices Come From: the Interaction of Demand and Supply



Economic Efficiency, Government Price Setting, and Taxes



Markets in Action



Externalities, Environmental Policy, and Public Goods



Elasticity: the Responsiveness of Demand and Supply



the Economics of Health Care



Firms in the Domestic and International Economies



Firms, the Stock Market, and Corporate Governance



Comparative Advantage and the Gains from International Trade



Microeconomic Foundations: Consumers and Firms



Consumer Choice and Behavioral Economics



Technology, Production, and Costs



Market Structure and Firm Strategy



Firms in Perfectly Competitive Markets



Monopolistic Competition: the Competitive Model in a More Realistic Setting



Oligopoly: Firms in Less Competitive Markets



Monopoly and Antitrust Policy



Pricing Strategy



Labor Markets, Public Choice, and the Distribution of Income



the Markets for Labor and Other Factors of Production



Public Choice, Taxes, and the Distribution of Income