Econ Micro 6th Edition

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Brief Contents
Contents
Part 1: Introduction to Economics
	Chapter 1: The Art and Science of Economic Analysis
		1-1: The Economic Problem: Scarce Resources, Unlimited Wants
		1-2: The Art of Economic Analysis
		1-3: The Science of Economic Analysis
		1-4: Some Pitfalls of Faulty Economic Analysis
		1-5: If Economists Are So Smart, Why Aren't They Rich?
		1-6: Final Word
		Appendix
	Chapter 2: Economic Tools and Economic Systems
		2-1: Choice and Opportunity Cost
		2-2: Comparative Advantage, Specialization, and Exchange
		2-3: The Economy's Production Possibilities
		2-4: Economic Systems
		2-5: Final Word
	Chapter 3: Economic Decision Makers
		3-1: The Household
		3-2: The Firm
		3-3: The Government
		3-4: The Rest of the World
		3-5: Final Word
	Chapter 4: Demand, Supply, and Markets
		4-1: Demand
		4-2: What Shifts a Demand Curve?
		4-3: Supply
		4-4: What Shifts a Supply Curve?
		4-5: Demand and Supply Create a Market
		4-6: Changes in Equilibrium Price and Quantity
		4-7: Disequilibrium
		4-8: Final Word
Part 2: Introduction to the Market System
	Chapter 5: Elasticity of Demand and Supply
		5-1: Price Elasticity of Demand
		5-2: Determinants of the Price Elasticity of Demand
		5-3: Price Elasticity of Supply
		5-4: Other Elasticity Measures
		5-5: Final Word
		Appendix
	Chapter 6: Consumer Choice and Demand
		6-1: Utility Analysis
		6-2: Measuring Utility
		6-3: Applications of Utility Analysis
		6-4: Final Word
	Chapter 7: Production and Cost in the Firm
		7-1: Cost and Profit
		7-2: Production in the Short Run
		7-3: Costs in the Short Run
		7-4: Costs in the Long Run
		7-5: Final Word
Part 3: Market Structure and Pricing
	Chapter 8: Perfect Competition
		8-1: An Introduction to Perfect Competition
		8-2: Short-Run Profit Maximization
		8-3: Short-Run Loss Minimization
		8-4: Short-Run Supply Curves
		8-5: Perfect Competition in the Long Run
		8-6: Long-Run Industry Supply Curve
		8-7: Perfect Competition and Efficiency
		8-8: Final Word
	Chapter 9: Monopoly
		9-1: Barriers to Entry
		9-2: Revenue for a Monopolist
		9-3: Profit Maximization and Cost Minimization for a Monopolist
		9-4: Perfect Competition and Monopoly Compared
		9-5: Problems with Deadweight Loss Estimates
		9-6: Price Discrimination
		9-7: Final Word
	Chapter 10: Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly
		10-1: Monopolistic Competition
		10-2: Oligopoly
		10-3: Three Approaches to Oligopoly
		10-4: Comparison of Oligopoly and Perfect Competition
		10-5: Final Word
Part 4: Resource Markets
	Chapter 11: Resource Markets
		11-1: The Once-Over
		11-2: Demand and Supply of Resources
		11-3: Temporary and Permanent Resource Price Differences
		11-4: Opportunity Cost and Economic Rent
		11-5: A Closer Look at Resource Demand
		11-6: Final Word
	Chapter 12: Labor Markets and Labor Unions
		12-1: Labor Supply
		12-2: Why Wages Differ
		12-3: Unions and Collective Bargaining
		12-4: Union Wages and Employment
		12-5: Final Word
	Chapter 13: Capital, Interest, 
Entrepreneurship, and Corporate Finance
		13-1: The Role of Time in Production and Consumption
		13-2: The Market for Loanable Funds
		13-3: Why Interest Rates Differ
		13-4: Present Value and Discounting
		13-5: Entrepreneurship
		13-6: Corporate Finance
		13-7: Final Word
	Chapter 14: Transaction Costs, Asymmetric Information, and Behavioral Economics
		14-1: The Firm's Rationale and Scope of Operation
		14-2: Market Behavior with Imperfect Information
		14-3: Asymmetric Information in Product Markets
		14-4: Asymmetric Information in Labor Markets
		14-5: Behavioral Economics
		14-6: Final Word
Part 5: Market Failure and Public Policy
	Chapter 15: Economic Regulation and Antitrust Policy
		15-1: Types of Government Regulation
		15-2: Regulating a Natural Monopoly
		15-3: Alternative Theories of Economic Regulation
		15-4: Antitrust Law and Enforcement
		15-5: Competitive Trends in the U.S. Economy
		15-6: Final Word
	Chapter 16: Public Goods and Public Choice
		16-1: Public Goods
		16-2: Public Choice in Representative Democracy
		16-3: Exploiting Government versus Avoiding Government
		16-4: Bureaucracy and Representative Democracy
		16-5: Final Word
	Chapter 17: Externalities and the Environment
		17-1: Externalities and the Common-Pool Problem
		17-2: Optimal Level of Pollution
		17-3: Environmental Protection
		17-4: Positive Externalities
		17-5: Final Word
	Chapter 18: Poverty and Redistribution
		18-1: The Distribution of Household Income
		18-2: Redistribution Programs
		18-3: Who Are the Poor
		18-4: Some Unintended Consequences of Income Assistance
		18-5: Welfare Reforms
		18-6: Final Word
Part 6: International Economics
	Chapter 19: International Trade
		19-1: The Gains from Trade
		19-2: Trade Restrictions and Welfare Loss
		19-3: Efforts to Reduce Trade Barriers
		19-4: Arguments for Trade Restrictions
		19-5: Final Word
	Chapter 20: International Finance
		20-1: Balance of Payments
		20-2: Foreign Exchange Rates and Markets
		20-3: Other Factors Influencing Foreign Exchange Markets
		20-4: International Monetary System
		20-5: Final Word
	Chapter 21: Economic Development
		21-1: Worlds Apart
		21-2: Productivity: Key to Development
		21-3: International Trade and Development
		21-4: Foreign Aid and Economic Development
		21-5: Final Word
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