Study Guide for Mankiw’s Principles of Microeconomics, 4th

by Mankiw, N. Gregory

• ISBN13: 9780324319040
• ISBN10: 0324319045
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Study Guide
• Copyright: 2006-02-24
• Publisher: South-Western College Pub

Summary

The perfect way to prepare for exams, this Study Guide for PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS makes studying efficient and easy. It includes self-tests, learning objectives, chapter reviews, key terms and definitions, critical thinking questions, and more to give you what you need to succeed.

Table of Contents

Ten Principles of Economics	1	(14)
Thinking Like an Economist	15	(20)
Interdependence and the Gains from Trade	35	(18)
The Market Forces of Supply and Demand	53	(16)
Elasticity and Its Application	69	(16)
Supply, Demand, and Government Policies	85	(16)
Consumers, Producers, and the Efficiency of Markets	101	(16)
Application: The Costs of Taxation	117	(14)
Application: International Trade	131	(18)
Externalities	149	(16)
Public Goods and Common Resources	165	(14)
The Design of the Tax System	179	(14)
The Costs of Production	193	(18)
Firms in Competitive Markets	211	(16)
Monopoly	227	(18)
Oligopoly	245	(16)
Monopolistic Competition	261	(16)
The Markets for the Factors of Production	277	(18)
Earnings and Discrimination	295	(16)
Income Inequality and Poverty	311	(18)
The Theory of Consumer Choice	329	(16)
Frontiers of Microeconomics	345