Economics
Prentice-Hall (Verlag)
978-0-13-568056-8 (ISBN)
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This textbook is designed to meet the needs of a wide range of economics students, from those new to the subject to those who have been grounded in the basics. There are starred sections for more advanced students, summaries at the end of each section, definitions in the margin questions throughout the text to prompt student learning, case studies, person profiles, institutional material, advanced topics and coverage of contemporary and historical controversies. The book covers a range of topics in microeconomics and macroeconomics including marginal utility theory and indifference curve analysis, alternative theories of the firm, game theory and contestable markets, distribution of income and poverty and inequality. There is also material on the examination of the effects of the 1992 single market initiative, the costs and benefits of alternative exchange rate regimes, international macroeconomic policy harmonization, European Monetary Union, and a chapter on the problems of economic development.
Preface; introducing economics; supply and demand; government intervention in the market; background to demand; background to supply; profit maximizing under perfect competition and monopoly; profit maximizing under imperfect competition; alternative theories of the firm; the theory of distribution of income; inequality; poverty and policies to redistribute incomes; markets, efficiency and the public interest; applied microeconomics. Macroeconomic issues I: economic growth; unemployment and inflation. Macroeconomics issues II: the open economy: macroeconomic ideas. The simple Keynesian analysis of national income, employment and inflation; fiscal policy; money and interest rates; monetary policy. Macroeconomic controversies I: the control of aggregate demand. Macroeconomic controversies II: aggregate supply, unemployment and inflation; supply-side policies; international trade; the balance of payments, exchange rates and international economic relationships; economic problems of developing countries.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 3.3.1997 |
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| Zusatzinfo | index |
| Verlagsort | Harlow |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 1593 g |
| Themenwelt | Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre |
| ISBN-10 | 0-13-568056-5 / 0135680565 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-13-568056-8 / 9780135680568 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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