Microeconomics - Hardcover

Austan Goolsbee; Steven Levitt; Chad Syverson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1319153968 ISBN 13: 9781319153960

Publisher: Worth, 2016

Synopsis

Microeconomics bridges the gap between today's theory and practice, with a strong empirical dimension that lets students tests theory and successfully apply it. With carefully crafted features and vivid examples, Goolsbee, Levitt, and Syverson's text helps answer two critical questions students ask, 'Do people and firms really act as theory suggests?' and 'How can someone use microeconomics in a practical way?
 
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About this title

Review:

"Taalman/Kohn is compact, accurate, precise, and mathematically both sound and elegant." - Michael Berg, Loyola Marymount University, USA

 

"The writing is mathematically correct, linguistically correct, and conceptually clear." - Stavros Belbas, University of Alabama, USA

 

"The categorized exercise sections make it very easy to choose assignments to do just what you want them to do." - Dan Rinne, California State University, San Bernardino, USA

 

"The writing is very measured, very precise, and was (to me) a joy to read. There was a strong emphasis on understanding, which I like, and plenty of time was taken in examples and exercises to enable students to develop the relevant skills." - Antony Ware, University of Calgary, Canada

 

"The authors set out to write a 'better kind of a calculus text', and I feel that they have achieved exactly that!" - Kanishka Perera, Florida Institute of Technology, USA

 

"The authors have successfully written an easy-to-use, comprehensive text with excellent exposition." - Leonard Chastkofsky, University of Georgia, USA

Book Description:

A breakthrough text helping students to move from understanding basic economic principles to applying the powerful tools of economic analysis

About this edition

• Publisher: Worth
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1319153968
• ISBN 13: 9781319153960
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 864