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1 online resource (593 pages) |
| Contents |
Brief Contents; Contents; Preface to this edition; Preface to the original edition; To the students; About the authors; Acknowledgements; PART ONE Introduction; 1 Ten lessonsfrom economics; 2 Thinking likean economist; APPENDIX Graphing -- a brief review; 3 Interdependenceand the gains from trade; PART TWO Supply and demand I: How markets work; 4 The marketforces of supply and demand; 5 Elasticity and its application; 6 Supply, demandand government policies; PART THREE Supply and demand II: Markets and welfare; 7 Consumers, producers and the efficiency of markets |
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8 Application: The costs of taxation9 Application: International trade; PART FOUR The economics of the public sector; 10 Externalities; 11 Public goodsand common resources; 12 The design of the tax system; PART FIVE Firm behaviour and the organisation of industry; 13 The costs of production; 14 Firms in competitive markets; 15 Monopoly; 16 Business strategy; APPENDIX Types of oligopolistic competition; 17 Competition policy; 18 Monopolistic competition; PART SIX The economics of labour markets; 19 The markets for the factors ofproduction |
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APPENDIX The demand for labour under imperfect competitionand monopoly20 Earnings, unions and discrimination; 21 Income inequity and poverty; PART SEVEN Topics for further study; 22 The theory of consumer choice; 23 Frontiers of microeconomics; Glossary; Suggestions for reading; Index |
| Summary |
Principles of Microeconomics 5th edition combines caters for a single semester introductory unit in Microeconomics. The latest edition of this text continues to focus on important concepts and analyses necessary for students in an introductory economics course. In keeping with the authors' philosophy of showing students the power of economic tools and the importance of economic ideas, this edition pays careful attention to regional and global policies and economic issues, such as climate change and resource taxation. Accompanied by CourseMate, comprising flashcards, graphing workshops, games, q |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Microeconomics.
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Microeconomics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
King, S
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Mankiw, Gregory
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| ISBN |
9780170356312 |
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0170356310 |
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