Microeconomics Theory with Applications

Name: Microeconomics Theory with Applications
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ISBN: 9780131217904

ISBN-10: 0131217909

ISBN-13: 9780131217904

Edition: 6th 2004

Authors: B. Curtis Eaton, Diane F. Eaton, Douglas W. Allen

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This book teaches microeconomics as a way of looking at the world, using plenty of new applications and examples to demonstrate the theory. Because it uses calculus (only in footnotes), this book is considered to be in the upper mid-range in its mathematical rigor. An optimal balance of theory and applications is maintained by working from the specific to the general--with many lively and interesting examples used as a means of developing economic theory in a careful and rigorous way. A seven-part organization covers numerous topics under the headings of: an introduction to microeconomics, individual choice, production and cost, markets for goods, resource markets and general equilibrium,…

Book details

List price: $164.80
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 736
Size: 8.00" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 3.036
Language: English

Douglas W. Allen is Endowed University Professor in the Department of Economics at Simon Fraser University.



Preface



An Introduction to Microeconomics



Microeconomics: A Working Methodology



Model Building



Individual Choice



A Theory of Preferences



Demand Theory



Composite Commodities



More Demand Theory



Intertemporal Decision Making and Capital Values



Production and Cost



Production and Cost: One Variable Input



Production and Cost: Many Variable Inputs



Markets for Goods



The Theory of Perfect Competition



Applications of the Competitive Model



Monopoly



Resource Markets and General Equilibrium



Input Markets and the Allocation of Resources



The Distribution of Income



Competitive General Equilibrium



Efficiency



Imperfect Competition



Price Discrimination and Monopoly Practices



Game Theory



Oligopoly



Uncertainty and Asymmetric Information



Choice Making Under Uncertainty



Asymmetric Information, the Rules of the Game, and Externalities



The Theory of the Firm



Asymmetric Information and Market Behaviour


Answers to Problems


Glossary


Index