Principles of Microeconomics and the Canadian Economy

by Boadway, Robin; Stiglitz, Joseph E.

• ISBN13: 9780393970531
• ISBN10: 0393970531
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-03-17
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Summary

Paying close attention to significant topics neglected by most principles-level texts-such as imperfect markets and the centrality of technological change in modern economies-the authors provided beginning students with the tools to interpret economic realities in the world around them. The Second Edition continues this tradition. Updated to reflect recent economic change and with more tightly focused chapters, the Second Edition remains the strongest text for students of Canadian economics.

Table of Contents

PART ONE INTRODUCTION	1	(104)
1 THE AUTOMOBILE AND ECONOMICS	1	(21)
2 THINKING LIKE AN ECONOMIST	22	(21)
3 TRADE	43	(16)
4 DEMAND, SUPPLY, AND PRICE	59	(20)
5 USING DEMAND AND SUPPLY	79	(26)
PART TWO PERFECT MARKETS	105	(154)
6 THE CONSUMPTION DECISION	105	(27)
7 LABOUR SUPPLY	132	(23)
8 SAVING AND INVESTING	155	(29)
9 THE FIRM'S COSTS	184	(30)
10 PRODUCTION IN A COMPETITIVE INDUSTRY	214	(25)
11 COMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIUM	239	(20)
PART THREE IMPERFECT MARKETS	259	(128)
12 MONOPOLIES AND IMPERFECT COMPETITION	259	(25)
13 OLIGOPOLIES	284	(19)
14 GOVERNMENT POLICIES TOWARDS COMPETITION	303	(20)
15 TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE	323	(18)
16 IMPERFECT INFORMATION	341	(21)
17 FINANCING, CONTROLLING, AND MANAGING THE FIRM	362	(25)
PART FOUR THE PUBLIC SECTOR	387
18 GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC DECISION MAKING	387	(24)
19 EXTERNALITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT	411	(14)
20 TAXATION, REDISTRIBUTION, AND SOCIAL INSURANCE	425
GLOSSARY	A 1