Microeconomics

Private Markets and Public Choice

Robert Ekelund Jr., Robert Tollison (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

608 Seiten

2002 | 6th edition
Pearson (Verlag)
978-0-201-68027-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Acclaimed for its lucid presentation of basic microeconomic principles and rich array of real-world applications, the sixth edition of this classic text brings microeconomics to life for students with its compelling public choice approach. The authors' focus stretches beyond the theories of how ideal markets work to the actual arena of political decision-making, interest group influence, and government policies.

Inhalt

I. THE POWER OF ECONOMIC THINKING.

 1. Economics in Perspective.
 2. Opportunity Cost, Specialization, and Trade.
 3. Private Markets and Prices: Laws of Demand and Supply.
 4. Demand and Supply: Property, Markets, and Public Choice.
II. THE ARCHITECTURE OF PRIVATE MARKETS.

 5. Elasticity.
 6. The Logic of Consumer Choice and Demand.
 7. The Firm and Costs of Production.
 8. Competitive Markets.
 9. Monopoly: The Firm as Industry.
10. Monopolistic Competition and Advertising.
11. Few Competitors: Game Theory, Oligopoly, and Cartels.
III. INPUT MARKETS.

12. Competitive Labor Markets.
13. Labor Unions.
14. Capital, Land, and Entrepreneurship.
15. Income Distribution, Poverty, and Health Care.
FOUR: APPLIED MICROECONOMICS AND PUBLIC CHOICE.

16. Antitrust, Regulation, and Public Policy.
17. Natural Resources, the Environment, and Public Goods.
18. Public Choice.
VIII. INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY.

30. International Trade.
31. International Finance.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.2.2002
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Mikroökonomie
• ISBN-10: 0-201-68027-0 / 0201680270
• ISBN-13: 978-0-201-68027-0 / 9780201680270
• Zustand: Neuware