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If Carl Hiaasen set one of his novels on a residential stretch of boundary line between British Columbia and Washington, or if Richard Russo's characters had relatives in the Pacific Northwest, the result might be something like Jim Lynch's Border Songs. Continue »

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Microeconomics (8TH 08 - Old Edition)

by Michael Parkin

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Microeconomics provides a serious, analytical approach to the discipline by introducing the main ideas and then developing those ideas with the latest research, policy, and data. The result is that readers learn to apply economics the way real economists do, by evaluating the decisions in their personal and professional lives.

Introduction: What Is Economics?; The Economic Problem. How Markets Work: Demand and Supply; Elasticity; Efficiency and Equity; Markets in Action. Households' Choices: Utility and Demand; Possibilities, Preferences, and Choices. Firms and Markets: Organizing Production; Output and Costs;Perfect Competition; Monopoly; Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly. Market Failure and Government: Regulation and Antitrust Law; Externalities; Public Goods and Common Resources. Factor Markets, Inequality, and Uncertainty: Demand and Supply in Factor Markets; Economic Inequality; Uncertainty and Information.The Global Economy: Trading with the World.

For all readers interested in microeconomics.

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About the Author

Michael Parkin studied economics in England and began his university teaching career immediately after graduating with a B.A. from the University of Leicester. He is a past president of the Canadian Economics Association and has served on the editorial boards of the American Economic Review and the Journal of Monetary Economics. His research on macroeconomics, monetary economics, and international economics has resulted in more than 160 publications in journals and edited volumes, including the American Economic Review, the Journal of Political Economy, the Review of Economic Studies, the Journal of Monetary Economics, and the Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking.
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Table of Contents

I. INTRODUCTION

1. What Is Economics?

2. The Economic Problem

II. HOW MARKETS WORK

3. Demand and Supply

4. Elasticity

5. Efficiency and Equity

6. Markets in Action

III. HOUSEHOLDS' CHOICES

7. Utility and Demand

8. Possibilities, Preferences, and Choices

IV. FIRMS AND MARKETS

9. Organizing Production

10. Output and Costs

11. Perfect Competition

12. Monopoly                           

13. Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly

V. MARKET FAILURE AND GOVERNMENT

14. Regulation and Antitrust Law

15. Externalities

16. Public Goods and Common Resources

VI. FACTOR MARKETS, INEQUALITY, AND UNCERTAINTY

17. Demand and Supply in Factor Markets

18. Economic Inequality

19. Uncertainty and Information

VII. THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

20. Trading with the World

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780321416605
Author:
Parkin, Michael
Publisher:
Addison Wesley Publishing Company
Author:
Parkin
Subject:
Economics - Microeconomics
Subject:
Economics - General
Copyright:
2008
Edition Number:
8
Series:
MyEconLab Series
Publication Date:
June 2007
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
College/higher education:
Language:
English
Pages:
552
Dimensions:
9.93x8.29x.80 in. 2.41 lbs.
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