Modern Principles of Microeconomics. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tyler Cowen, Alex Tabarrok.
• Authors: Cowen, Tyler; Tabarrok, Alex
• Contents: Preface.- CHAPTER 1 The Big Ideas.- CHAPTER 2 The Power of Trade and Comparative Advantage.- PART 1: Supply and Demand.- CHAPTER 3 Supply and Demand.- CHAPTER 4 Equilibrium.- CHAPTER 5 Elasticity and Its Applications.- CHAPTER 6 Taxes and Subsidies .- PART 2: The Price System.- CHAPTER 7 The Price System: Signals, Speculation, and Prediction.- CHAPTER 8 Price Ceilings and Floors.- CHAPTER 9 International Trade.- CHAPTER 10 Externalities: When the Price Is Not Right.- PART 3: Firms and Factor Markets.- CHAPTER 11 Costs and Profit Maximization Under Competition.- CHAPTER 12 Competition and the Invisible Hand.- CHAPTER 13 Monopoly .- CHAPTER 14 Price Discrimination and Pricing Strategy.- CHAPTER 15 Oligopoly and Game Theory.- CHAPTER 16 Networks, Platforms, and the Economics of ' Free Goods'.- CHAPTER 17 Monopolistic Competition and Advertising.- CHAPTER 18 Labor Markets.- PART 4: Government.- CHAPTER 19 Public Goods and the Tragedy of the Commons.- CHAPTER 20 Political Economy and Public Choice.- CHAPTER 21 Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy.- PART 5: Decision Making for Businesses, Investors, and Consumers.- CHAPTER 22 Managing Incentives.- CHAPTER 23 Stock Markets and Personal Finance.- CHAPTER 24 Asymmetric Information: Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection.- CHAPTER 25 Consumer Choice.- APPENDIX A Reading Graphs and Making Graphs.- APPENDIX B Solutions to Check Yourself Questions B-1.- Glossary G-1.- References R-1.- Index I-1.
• Edition: Fifth edition
• Publisher Details: New York : Worth
• Publication Date: 2021
• Copyright Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: Economics; Management science; Business & Economics -- General; Economics
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781319384036
• Related ISBNs: 9781319384029
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