Principles of Microeconomics
International Edition
8th Edition
Published on 13. March 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
528 pages
978-0-13-156389-6 (ISBN)
Description
The Target Market is for the 1 semester principles of microeconomics course.
One of the all time best-sellers, this text is widely used because of its careful, streamlined, and intuitive chapter organization.
Case & Fair, present a very precise and simplified microeconomic model first, before introducing all the exceptions and subtleties of a more complex economic world. Only after this simplified model is developed, do the authors give a thorough treatment of market imperfections, externalities, public finance, and international economics. (A detailed summary of this approach can be found on the page directly following the inside front cover).
One of the all time best-sellers, this text is widely used because of its careful, streamlined, and intuitive chapter organization.
Case & Fair, present a very precise and simplified microeconomic model first, before introducing all the exceptions and subtleties of a more complex economic world. Only after this simplified model is developed, do the authors give a thorough treatment of market imperfections, externalities, public finance, and international economics. (A detailed summary of this approach can be found on the page directly following the inside front cover).
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Edition
8th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 274 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
1150 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-156389-6 (9780131563896)
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Karl E. Case | Ray C. Fair
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Content
I. INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS.
1. The Scope and Method of Economics.
2. The Economic Problem: Scarcity and Choice.
3. Demand, Supply, and Market Equilibrium.
4. Demand and Supply Applications .
5. Elasticity
II. FOUNDATIONS OF MICROECONOMICS: CONSUMERS AND FIRMS.
6. Household Behavior and Consumer Choice
7. The Production Process: The Behavior of Profit-Maximizing Firms.
8. Short-Run Costs and Output Decisions.
9. Long-Run Costs and Output Decisions.
10. Input Demand: The Labor and Land Markets.
11. Input Demand: The Capital Market and the Investment Decision.
12. General Equilibrium and the Efficiency of Perfect Competition
III. MARKET IMPERFECTIONS AND THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT.
13. Monopoly and Antitrust Policy.
14. Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly.
15. Externalities, Public Goods, Imperfect Information, and Social Choice.
16. Income Distribution and Poverty.
17. Public Finance: The Economics of Taxation.
IV. THE WORLD ECONOMY.
18. International Trade, Comparative Advantage, and Protectionism.
19. Globalization.
20. Economic Growth in Developing and Transitional Economies
1. The Scope and Method of Economics.
2. The Economic Problem: Scarcity and Choice.
3. Demand, Supply, and Market Equilibrium.
4. Demand and Supply Applications .
5. Elasticity
II. FOUNDATIONS OF MICROECONOMICS: CONSUMERS AND FIRMS.
6. Household Behavior and Consumer Choice
7. The Production Process: The Behavior of Profit-Maximizing Firms.
8. Short-Run Costs and Output Decisions.
9. Long-Run Costs and Output Decisions.
10. Input Demand: The Labor and Land Markets.
11. Input Demand: The Capital Market and the Investment Decision.
12. General Equilibrium and the Efficiency of Perfect Competition
III. MARKET IMPERFECTIONS AND THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT.
13. Monopoly and Antitrust Policy.
14. Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly.
15. Externalities, Public Goods, Imperfect Information, and Social Choice.
16. Income Distribution and Poverty.
17. Public Finance: The Economics of Taxation.
IV. THE WORLD ECONOMY.
18. International Trade, Comparative Advantage, and Protectionism.
19. Globalization.
20. Economic Growth in Developing and Transitional Economies