ECONOMICS

TRAMA

2nd edition, with new chapters on welfare state and taxes.

NOTE EDITORE

Offering an accessible and thorough introduction to economics, the text offers real-world examples to bring theory to life. Students and lecturers will benefit from the vast array of supplements, including a companion website with extra material and resources.

SOMMARIO

Intro: The Ordinary Business of LifePART I: WHAT IS ECONOMICS?First PrinciplesEconomic Models: Trade-offs and Trade Appendix: Graphs in EconomicsPART II: SUPPLY AND DEMANDSupply and DemandConsumer and Producer Surplus The Market Strikes BackElasticityPART III: INDIVIDUALS AND MARKETSTaxes International Trade PART IV: ECONOMICS AND DECISION MAKINGMaking DecisionsPART V: THE CONSUMER Rational ConsumerConsumer Preferences and Consumer Choice PART VI: THE PRODUCTION DECISIONBehind the Supply Curve: Inputs and CostsPerfect Competition and Supply CurvePART VII: MARKET STRUCTURE: BEYOND PERFECT COMPETITION MonopolyOligopolyMonopolistic Competition and Product DifferentiationPART VIII: MICROECONOMICS AND PUBLIC POLICYExternalitiesPublic Goods and Common ResourcesEconomics of the Welfare State PART IX FACTOR MARKETS AND RISK Factor Markets and the Distribution of IncomeAppendix: Indifference Curve Analysis of Labour SupplyUncertainty, Risk and Private Information PART X: INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS Macroeconomics: The Big Picture Tracking the Macroeconomy Unemployment and Inflation PART XI: LONG-RUN ECONOMIC GROWTH Long-Run Economic Growth Savings, Investment Spending, and the Financial System PART XII: SHORT-RUN ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS Income and Expenditure Appendix: Deriving the Multiplier Algebraically Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply PART XIII: STABILIZATION POLICY Fiscal Policy Appendix: Taxes and the Multiplier Money, Banking, and the Federal Reserve System Monetary Policy Appendix: Reconciling Two Models of the Interest Rate Inflation, Disinflation, and Deflation PART XIV: EVENTS AND IDEAS Macroeconomics: Events and Ideas PART XV: THE OPEN ECONOMY Open-Economy Macroeconomics

AUTORE

PAUL KRUGMAN is Professor of Economics at Princeton University, USA, where he regularly teaches the principles course. Prior to his current position he taught at Yale, Stanford and MIT. ROBIN WELLS is Researcher in Economics at Princeton University, USA, where she teaches undergraduate courses. She has previously taught at the University of Michigan, the University of Southampton, Stanford and MIT. Her teaching and research focus on the theory of organizations and incentives. She writes regularly for academic journals.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9781429238069
• Collana: W. H. Freeman
• Dimensioni: 283 x 40 x 225 mm
• Formato: Paperback
• Pagine Arabe: 1200