Microeconomics

An Intuitive Approach

Thomas Nechyba (Autor)

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800 Seiten

2016 | 2nd edition
CENGAGE Learning Custom Publishing
9781305115941 (ISBN)

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Should you rent a car or take taxis while on vacation? How do coupons change demand? Should the U.S. subsidize oil drilling to become less dependent on foreign oil? MICROECONOMICS: AN INTUITIVE APPROACH explains the economic theory underlying everyday choices using an interesting and conversational approach. The author demonstrates the larger context of economic intuition, while this easy-to-read text furthers your conceptual thinking with careful analysis. MindTap® is now available with interactive, animated Video Graph Presentations that bring each graph from the book to life. Improved navigation and chapter markers let you use this feature with ease. New Progression Graphs in the eReader separate economic concept graphs into finite steps that you can walk through at your own pace.

Thomas J. Nechyba is Professor of Economics at the Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, US. At Duke, he has previously served as Director of Undergraduate Studies and as Department Chair and currently directs the Economics Center for Teaching (EcoTeach) as well as Duke's Social Science Research Institute. In addition to his activities in the US, he has lectured internationally in Europe, Latin America and New Zealand.

Web Chapter 0: Foundational Preliminaries: Using Graphs in Economics (web-based chapter).
1. Introduction.
PART I: UTILITY-MAXIMIZING CHOICE: CONSUMERS, WORKERS, AND SAVERS.
2. A Consumer's Economic Circumstances.
3. Economic Circumstances in Labor and Financial Markets.
4. Tastes and Indifference Curves.
5. Different Types of Tastes.
6. Doing the Best" We Can.
7. Income and Substitution Effects in Consumer Goods Markets.
8. Wealth and Substitution Effects in Labor and Capital Markets.
9. Demand for Goods and Supply of Labor and Capital.
10. Consumer Surplus and Deadweight Loss.
PART II: PROFIT-MAXIMIZING CHOICE: PRODUCERS (OR "FIRMS").
11. One Input and One Output: A Short-Run Producer Model.
12. Production with Multiple Inputs.
13. Production Decisions in the Short and Long Run.
PART III: COMPETITIVE MARKETS AND THE "INVISIBLE HAND".
14. Competitive Market Equilibrium.
15. The "Invisible Hand" and the First Welfare Theorem.
16. General Equilibrium.
17. Choice and Markets in the Presence of Risk.
PART IV: Distortions of the "Invisible Hand" in Competitive Markets.
18. Elasticities, Price-Distorting Policies, and Non-Price Rationing.
19. Distortionary Taxes and Subsidies.
20. Prices and Distortions across Markets.
21. Externalities in Competitive Markets.
22. Asymmetric Information in Competitive Markets.
PART V: DISTORTIONS OF THE "INVISIBLE HAND" FROM STRATEGIC DECISIONS.
23. Monopoly.
24. Strategic Thinking and Game Theory.
25. Oligopoly.
26. Product Differentiation and Innovation in Markets.
27. Public Goods.
28. Governments and Politics.
PART VI: CONSIDERING HOW TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE.
29. What Is Good? Challenges from Psychology and Philosophy.
30. Balancing Government, Civil Society, and Markets."

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.1.2016
Verlagsort	Mason, OH
Sprache	englisch
Maße	212 x 262 mm
Gewicht	1383 g
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Mikroökonomie
ISBN-13	9781305115941 / 9781305115941
Zustand	Neuware