Theory and Application of Intermediate Microeconomics, International Edition (with InfoApps 2-Semester Printed Access Card) - Softcover

NICHOLSON/WALTER/SNYDER

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0324599498 ISBN 13: 9780324599497

Publisher: South Western College, 2009

Synopsis

THEORY AND APPLICATION OF INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS, INTERNATIONAL EDITION offers an exceptionally clear and concise introduction to the economics of markets. This proven text uses a managerial focus and includes relevant applications and strong examples, with an algebraic approach, and emphasizes activities that allow you to learn by doing. Your purchase also includes two time-saving resources: access to InfoTrac® College Edition's online university library, and online study tools through Economic Applications! With Economic Applications, you'll have online access to study and review materials that will help you succeed in the course, and InfoTrac College Edition lets you save time, save money, and eliminate the trek to the library. Simply log in and access a library of more than 5,000 academic and popular magazines, newspapers, and journals.

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Review:

Part 1: INTRODUCTION. 1. Economic Models. Appendix: Mathematics Used In Microeconomics. Part 2: DEMAND. 2. Utility and Choice. 3. Demand Curves. Part 3: UNCERTAINTY AND STRATEGY. 4. Uncertainty and Expected Utility. 5. Game Theory. Part 4: PRODUCTION, COSTS, AND SUPPLY. 6. Production. 7. Costs. 8. Profit Maximization and Supply. Part 5: PERFECT COMPETITION. 9. Perfect Competition in a Single Market. 10. General Equilibrium and Welfare. Part 6: MARKET POWER. 11. Monopoly. 12. Imperfect Competition. Part 7: INPUT MARKETS. 13. Pricing in Input Markets. 14. Capital and Time. Part 8: ADDITIONAL TOPICS 15. Asymmetric Information. 16. Public Goods and Externalities. 17. Behavioral Economics.

About the Author:

Dr. Walter Nicholson is the Ward H. Patton Emeritus Professor of Economics at Amherst College and a visiting professor at Ave Maria University, Naples, Florida. Throughout his teaching career, Dr. Nicholson has sought to develop in students an appreciation for the value of economic models in the study of important social questions. He also has enjoyed showing students some of the stranger things that economists have sought to model. Dr. Nicholson received his Ph.D. in economics from MIT. Most of his research is in the area of labor economics, especially policy questions related to unemployment. He lives in Naples, Florida and Montague, Massachusetts, where he and his wife enjoy the frequent visits of their eight grandchildren.

About this edition

• Publisher: South Western College
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0324599498
• ISBN 13: 9780324599497
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 688