Modern Principles of Microeconomics

by Cowen, Tyler; Tabarrok, Alex

• ISBN13: 9781319420369
• ISBN10: 1319420362
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781319482923
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2023-11-03
• Publisher: Worth Publishers
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Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1 The Big Ideas
Chapter 2 The Power of Trade and Comparative Advantage
 
Part I Supply and Demand
Chapter 3 Supply and Demand
Chapter 4 Equilibrium
Chapter 5 Elasticity and Its Applications
Chapter 6 Taxes and Subsidies
 
Part II 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 III 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 Price 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 IV 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 V 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