Principles of economics / Karl E. Case, Ray C. Fair, Sharon M. Oster.
Material type: TextPublisher: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, c2009Edition: 9th edDescription: 779 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cmISBN: 9780136055488 (pbk.); 0136055486 (pbk.)Subject(s): EconomicsLOC classification: HB171.5 | .C3123 2009Other classification: 83.00 Online resources: Table of contents onlyItem type | Current location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The scope and method of economics -- The economic problem : scarcity and choice -- Demand, supply, and market equilibrium -- Demand and supply applications -- Elasticity -- Household behavior and consumer choice -- The production process : the behavior of profit-maximizing firms -- Short-run costs and output decisions -- Long-run costs and output decisions -- Input demand : the labor and land markets -- Input demand : the capital market and the investment decision -- General equilibrium and the efficiency of perfect competition -- Monopoly and antitrust policy -- Oligopoly -- Monopolistic competition -- Externalities, public goods, and social choice -- Uncertainty and asymmetric information -- Income distribution and poverty -- Public finance : the economics of taxation -- Introduction to macroeconomics -- Measuring national output and national income -- Unemployment, inflation, and long-run growth -- Aggregate expenditure and equilibrium output -- The government and fiscal policy -- The money supply and the federal reserve system -- Money demand and the equilibrium interest rate -- Aggregate demand in the goods and money markets -- Aggregate supply and the equilibrium price level -- The labor market in the macroeconomy -- Policy timing, deficit targeting, and stock market effects -- Household and firm behavior in the macroeconomy: a further look -- Long-run growth -- Debates in macroeconomics : monetarism, new classical theory, and supply-side economics -- International trade, comparative advantage, and protectionism -- Open-economy macroeconomics: the balance of payments and exchange rates -- Economic growth in developing and transitional economies.