Microeconomics
2nd Edition
Published on 16. March 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
780 pages
978-0-07-712177-8 (ISBN)
Description
Microeconomics, 2nd European Edition offers comprehensive and accessible coverage of microeconomic theory, explaining how this is used to analyse and evaluate contemporary market systems. The book draws on relevant real world examples to highlight how theory can help to solve or understand a range of problems and is a central basis for thinking like an economist.
More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 190 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
1440 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-712177-8 (9780077121778)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Wyn Morgan is Professor of Economics at the University of Nottingham.
Michael L. Katz a professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley.
Michael L. Katz a professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley.
Content
1 The Market Economy
PART 1 The Household
2 Consumer Choice
3 Comparative Statics and Demand
4 Price Changes and Consumer Welfare
5 The Household as Supplier
6 Choice under Uncertainty
PART 2 The Firm
7 The Firm and Its Goals
8 Technology and Production
9 Cost
PART 3 The Competitive Model
10 The Price-Taking Firm
11 Equilibrium in Competitive Markets
12 General Equilibrium and Welfare Economics
PART 4 Market Power
13 Monopoly
14 More on Price-Making Firms
15 Oligopoly and Strategic Behaviour
16 Game Theory
PART 5 Missing Markets
17 Asymmetric Information
18 Externalities and Public Goods
Progress Check Solutions
References
Index
PART 1 The Household
2 Consumer Choice
3 Comparative Statics and Demand
4 Price Changes and Consumer Welfare
5 The Household as Supplier
6 Choice under Uncertainty
PART 2 The Firm
7 The Firm and Its Goals
8 Technology and Production
9 Cost
PART 3 The Competitive Model
10 The Price-Taking Firm
11 Equilibrium in Competitive Markets
12 General Equilibrium and Welfare Economics
PART 4 Market Power
13 Monopoly
14 More on Price-Making Firms
15 Oligopoly and Strategic Behaviour
16 Game Theory
PART 5 Missing Markets
17 Asymmetric Information
18 Externalities and Public Goods
Progress Check Solutions
References
Index