Microeconomics (Palgrave Version)
Will be published approx. on 1. December 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
848 pages
978-1-4641-4697-8 (ISBN)
Description
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LaunchPad is an interactive online resource that helps students achieve better results. LaunchPad combines an interactive e-book with high-quality multimedia content and ready-made assessment options, including LearningCurve, our adaptive quizzing resource, to engage your students and develop their understanding.
Unique LaunchPad features included in Microeconomics:
Pre-built Units for each chapter, curated by experienced educators, with media for that chapter organized and ready to assign or customize to suit your course.
Intuitive and useful analytics, with a Gradebook that lets you see how your class is doing individually and as a whole.
A streamlined and intuitive interface that lets you build an entire course in minutes.
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In a game-like format, LearningCurve adaptive and formative quizzing provides an effective way to get students involved in the coursework. It offers:
A unique learning path for each student, with quizzes shaped by each individual's correct and incorrect answers.
A Personalized Study Plan, to guide students' preparation for class and for exams.
Feedback for each question with live links to relevant e-book pages, guiding students to the reading they need to do to improve their areas of weakness.
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More details
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Macmillan Learning
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
colour illustrations,strationsstrations
Dimensions
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Width: 0 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4641-4697-8 (9781464146978)
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Austan D. Goolsbee studies the Internet, the new economy, government policy, and taxes. His research has earned him much professional recognition. In 2003, he was given a grant from the National Science Foundation and later he was named a 2006-2007 Fulbright Scholar. Goolsbee serves as a member of the US Census-Advisory Committee, a research associate for the National Bureau of Economic Research, a research fellow for the American Bar Foundation, a columnist for the New York Times and an economic advisor to Barack Obama. He has a bachelor's and a master's degree in economics from Yale University and a PhD in economics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Steven Levitt is the William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, USA where he directs the Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory. He earned a BA from Harvard University and his PhD from MIT. He has taught at the University of Chicago since 1997. He co-authored Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics, and is also the co-author of the popular Freakonomics Blog.
Chad Syverson's research spans several topics, with a particular focus on the interactions of firm structure, market structure, and productivity. His work has been published in several top journals and has earned several National Science Foundation Awards, Olin Foundation Grants, and a Brookings Dissertations Fellowships.
Steven Levitt is the William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, USA where he directs the Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory. He earned a BA from Harvard University and his PhD from MIT. He has taught at the University of Chicago since 1997. He co-authored Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics, and is also the co-author of the popular Freakonomics Blog.
Chad Syverson's research spans several topics, with a particular focus on the interactions of firm structure, market structure, and productivity. His work has been published in several top journals and has earned several National Science Foundation Awards, Olin Foundation Grants, and a Brookings Dissertations Fellowships.