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Preface | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Introduction | |
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Economics: Foundations and Models | |
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Appendix: Using Graphs and Formulas | |
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Trade-offs, Comparative Advantage, and the Market System | |
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Where Prices Come From: The Interaction of Demand and Supply | |
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Economic Efficiency, Government Price Setting, and Taxes | |
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Markets in Action | |
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Externalities, Environmental Policy, and Public Goods | |
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Elasticity: The Responsiveness of Demand and Supply | |
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Firms in the Domestic and International Economies | |
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Firms, the Stock Market, and Corporate Governance | |
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Tools to Analyze Firmsrsquo; Financial Information | |
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Comparative Advantage and the Gains from International Trade | |
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Multinational Firms | |
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Microeconomic Foundations: Consumers and Firms | |
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Consumer Choice and Behavioral Economics | |
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Using Indifference Curves and Budget Lines to Understand Consumer Behavior | |
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Technology, Production, and Costs | |
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Using Isoquants and Isocosts to Understand Production and Cost | |
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Market Structure and Firm Strategy | |
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Firms in Perfectly Competitive Markets | |
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Monopolistic Competition: The Competitive Model in a More Realistic Setting | |
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Oligopoly: Firms in Less Competitive Markets | |
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Monopoly and Antitrust Policy | |
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Pricing Strategy | |
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Markets for Factors of Production | |
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The Markets for Labor and Other Factors of Production | |
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Information, Taxes, and the Distribution of Income | |
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The Economics of Information | |
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The Tax System, the Distribution of Income, and Poverty | |
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Glossary | |
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Company Index | |
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Subject Index | |
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Credits | |