TY - BOOK AU - Hubbard,R.Glenn AU - O'Brien,Anthony Patrick TI - Microeconomics SN - 0130348260 AV - HB172 .H8 2006 PY - 2006///] CY - Upper Saddle River, N.J. PB - Pearson Prentice Hall KW - Microeconomics N1 - pt. 1; Introduction --; ch. 1; Economics : foundations and models --; ch. 1 appendix; Using graphs and formulas --; ch. 2; Trade-offs, comparative advantage, and the market system --; ch. 3; Where prices come from : the interaction of demand and supply --; ch. 4; Economic efficiency, government price setting, and taxes --; ch. 4 appendix; Quantitative demand and supply analysis --; pt. 2; Markets in action --; ch. 5; Externalities, environmental policy, and public goods --; ch. 6; Elasticity : the responsiveness of demand and supply --; pt. 3; Firms in the domestic and international economics --; ch 7; Firms, the stock market, and corporate governance --; ch. 7 appendix; Tools to analyze firms' financial information --; ch. 8; Comparative advantage and the gains from international trade --; ch. 8 appendix; Multinational firms; pt. 4; Microeconomic foundations : consumers and firms --; ch. 9; Consumer choice and behavioral economics --; ch. 9 appendix; Using indifference curves and budget lines to understand consumer behavior --; ch. 10; Technology, production, and costs --; ch. 10 appendix; Using isoquants and isocosts to understand production and cost --; pt. 5; market structure and firm strategy --; ch. 11; Firms in perfectly competitive markets --; ch. 12; Monopolistic competition : the competitive model in a more realistic setting --; ch 13; Oligopoly : firms in less competitive markets --; ch. 14; Monopoly and antitrust policy --; ch. 15; Pricing strategy; pt. 6; Markets for factors of production --; ch. 16; The markets for labor and other factors of production --; pt. 7; Information, taxes, and the distribution of income --; ch. 17; The economics of information --; ch. 18; The tax system and the distribution of income --; glossary --; Company index --; Subject index --; Credits UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0513/2005014958.html ER -