Study Guide to Accompany Mcconnell and Bruce Microeconomics

by MCCONNELL

• ISBN13: 9780072884722
• ISBN10: 007288472X
• Edition: 16th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-09
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin

Table of Contents

How to Use the Study Guide to Learn Economics	xi
An Introduction to Economics and the Economy
The Nature and Method of Economics	1	(16)
The Economizing Problem	17	(10)
Individual Markets: Demand and Supply	27	(12)
Applications and Extensions of Supply and Demand Analysis www.mcconnell16.com	39	(10)
The Market System	49	(8)
The U.S. Economy: Private and Public Sectors	57	(10)
The United States in the Global Economy	67	(10)
Microeconomics of Product Markets
Elasticity of Demand and Supply	77	(10)
Consumer Behavior and Utility Maximization	87	(16)
The Costs of Production	103	(12)
Pure Competition	115	(14)
Pure Monopoly	129	(12)
Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly	141	(14)
Technology, R&D, and Efficiency	155	(10)
Microeconomics of Resource Markets
The Demand for Resources	165	(10)
Wage Determination	175	(12)
Rent, Interest, and Profit	187	(10)
Microeconomics of Government
Government and Market Failure	197	(12)
Public Choice Theory and the Economics of Taxation	209	(10)
Microeconomic Issues and Policies
Antitrust Policy and Regulation	219	(10)
Agriculture: Economics and Policy	229	(10)
Income Inequality and Poverty	239	(12)
Labor Market Institutions and Issues: Unionism, Discrimination, Immigration	251	(12)
The Economics of Health Care	263	(10)
International Economics and the World Economy
International Trade	273	(12)
Exchange Rates, the Balance of Payments, and Trade Deficits	285	(12)
Transition Economies: Russia and China www.mcconnell16.com	297	(12)
Glossary	309	(20)
Answers to Key Questions	329