Microeconomics, 6/E
Robert S. Pindyck
Daniel L. Rubinfeld

ISBN-10: 0130084611
ISBN-13: 9780130084613

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2005
Format: Cloth; 752 pp
Published: 05/28/2004

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  • Microeconomics 6/e isolates Calculus coverage into three optional appendices.  Each appendix concludes with a complete set of homework exercises.
    • Appendix to Chapter 4 - Demand Theory — A Mathematical Treatment
    • Appendix to Chapter 7 — Production and Cost Theory — A Mathematical Treatment
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I: INTRODUCTION: MARKETS AND PRICES.

1. Preliminaries.

2. The Basics of Supply and Demand.

II: PRODUCERS, CONSUMERS, AND COMPETITIVE MARKETS.

3. Consumer Behavior.

4. Individual and Market Demand.

5. Uncertainty and Consumer Behavior.

6. Production.

7. The Cost of Production.

8. Profit Maximization and Competitive Supply.

9. The Analysis of Competitive Markets.

III: MARKET STRUCTURE AND COMPETITIVE STRATEGY.

10. Market Power: Monopoly and Monopsony.

11. Pricing with Market Power.

12. Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly.

13. Game Theory and Competitive Strategy.

14. Markets for Factor Inputs.

15. Investment, Time, Capital Markets.

IV: INFORMATION, MARKET FAILURE, AND THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT.

16. General Equilibrium and Economic Efficiency.

17. Markets with Asymmetric Information.

18. Externalities and Public Goods.

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