Case, Karl E.

Principles of microeconomics / Karl E. Case, Ray C. Fair, Sharon M. Oster. - 9th ed. - Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, 2008. - xxiv, 463 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Includes index.

The scope and method of economics -- The economic problem : scarcity and choice -- Demand, supply, and market equilibrium -- Demand and supply applications -- Elasticity -- Household behavior and consumer choice -- The production process : the behavior of profit-maximizing firms -- Short-run costs and output decisions -- Long-run costs and output decisions -- Input demand : the labor and land markets -- Input demand : the capital market and the investment decision -- General equilibrium and the efficiency of perfect competition -- Monopoly and antitrust policy -- Oligopoly -- Monopolistic competition -- Externalities, public goods, and social choice -- Uncertainty and asymmetric information -- Income distribution and poverty -- Public finance : the economics of taxation -- International trade, comparative advantage, and protectionism -- Economic growth in developing and transitional economies.

9780136058854 (pbk.) 013605885X (pbk.)

2008026905


Microeconomics.

HB172 / .C36 2008

338.5