Economics. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Daron Acemoglu, David Laibson, John A. List.
• Authors: Acemoglu, Daron; Laibson, David I; List, John A, 1968-
• Contents: The principles and practice of economics -- Economic methods and economic questions -- Optimization : doing the best you can -- Demand, supply, and equilibrium -- Consumers and incentives -- Sellers and incentives -- Perfect competition and the invisible hand -- Trade -- Externalities and public goods -- The government in the economy: taxation and regulation -- Markets for factors of production -- Monopoly -- Game theory and strategic play -- Oligopoly and monopolistic competition -- Tradeoffs involving time and risk -- The economics of information -- Auctions and bargaining -- Social economics -- The wealth of nations : defining and measuring macroeconomic aggregates -- Aggregate incomes -- Economic growth -- Why isn't the whole world developed? -- Employment and unemployment -- Credit markets -- The monetary system -- Short-run fluctuations -- Countercyclical macroeconomic policy -- Macroeconomics and international trade -- Open economy macroeconomics -- Financial decision making -- Economics of life, health, and the environment -- Political economy.
• Edition: Global edition
• Publisher Details: Boston : Pearson
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (788 pages), color illustrations
• Subjects: 330; Economics; Economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Reference; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781292079219; 1292079215
• Related ISBNs: 9781292079202; 1292079207
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.