Principles of Microeconomics

Name: Principles of Microeconomics
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ISBN: 9780324589986

ISBN-10: 0324589980

ISBN-13: 9780324589986

Edition: 5th 2009

Authors: N. Gregory Mankiw

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With its clear and engaging writing style, PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS, 5E, continues to be one of the most popular books on economics available today. Mankiw emphasizes material that you're likely to find interesting about the economy (particularly if you're studying economics for the first time), including real-life scenarios, useful facts, and the many ways economic concepts play a role in the decisions you make every day.

Book details

List price: $274.95
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Cengage South-Western
Publication date: 9/24/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 544
Size: 8.25" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.2
Language: English

N. Gregory Mankiw is Professor of Economics at Harvard University.



About the Author


Brief Contents


Visual Preface


Preface: To the Instructor (not included in SE)


Supplements (abbreviated in SE)


Preface: To the Student



Introduction



Ten Principles of Economics



Thinking Like an Economist



Interdependence and the Gains from Trade



How Markets Work



The Market Forces of Supply and Demand



Elasticity and Its Application



Supply, Demand, and Government Policies



Markets and Welfare



Consumers, Producers, and the Efficiency of Markets



Application: The Costs of Taxation



Application: International Trade



The Economics of the Public Sector



Externalities



Public Goods and Common Resources



The Design of the Tax System



Firm Behavior and the Organization of Industry



The Costs of Production



Firms in Competitive Markets



Monopoly



Monopolistic Competition



Oligopoly



The Economics of Labor Markets



The Markets for the Factors of Production



Earnings and Discrimination



Income Inequality and Poverty



Topics for Further Study



The Theory of Consumer Choice



Frontiers in Microeconomics


Glossary


Index