Microeconomics and Behavior - Hardcover

Frank, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0073660833 ISBN 13: 9780073660837

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 1999

Synopsis

This book covers the essential principles of microeconomics by exploring the relationship between economic analysis and human behavior. Its clear narrative appeals to students, and its numerous examples help students capture economic intuition. This book both introduces modern topics not often found in intermediate textbooks and encourages students to think like economists.

About this title

Book Description:

Robert Frank’s Microeconomics and Behavior covers the essential topics of microeconomics while exploring the relationship between economics analysis and human behavior. The book’s clear narrative appeals to students, and its numerous examples help students develop economic intuition. This book introduces modern topics not often found in intermediate textbooks. Its focus throughout is to develop a student’s capacity to "think like an economist."

About the Author:

Robert H. Frank received his M.A. in statistics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1971, and his Ph.D. in economics in 1972, also from U.C. Berkeley. He is the Goldwin Smith Professor of Economics at Cornell University, where he has taught since 1972 and where he currently holds a joint appointment in the department of economics and the Johnson Graduate School of Management. He has published on a variety of subjects, including price and wage discrimination, public utility pricing, the measurement of unemployment spell lengths, and the distributional consequences of direct foreign investment. For the past several years, his research has focused on rivalry and cooperation in economic and social behaviour.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0073660833
• ISBN 13: 9780073660837
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 768