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Foundations of Microeconomics plus MyEconLab Student Access Kit, 2/E
Robin Bade
Michael Parkin, University of Western Ontario

ISBN-10: 0321199359
ISBN-13: 9780321199355

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2004
Format: Paper Package; 592 pp
Published: 06/02/2003

This item has been replaced by Foundations of Microeconomics plus MyEconLab plus eBook 1-semester Student Access Kit, 4/E.

Foundations of Microeconomics was developed on the premise that economics is a core competency for the responsible citizen and a foundation tool for every type of career.

The Bade/Parkin package is designed to encourage learning by doing. Each chapter concentrates on a manageable number of core concepts that are called out in the beginning-of-chapter Checklist. Students know what they're expected to learn and are given the chance to apply those lessons to real-world problems.

Practice is the cornerstone of the innovative Bade/Parkin approach. A full page Checkpoint—containing a Practice Problem with solution and a parallel Exercise—immediately follows each main idea. Checkpoints serve as stopping points and encourage students to practice using a concept before moving on.

Different learning styles need different learning tools, and Bade/Parkin's extensive and tightly integrated web environment puts students in the driver's seat and allows them to use technology in the way that suits them best.

Focus on Core Concepts—Each chapter of Foundations of Microeconomics concentrates on three or four core concepts that are called out in the beginning-of-chapter Checklists. Students remember more of what's important and are better able to use their knowledge to approach and solve problems.

Checkpoints—Each section of a chapter develops one core concept and is immediately followed by a full page Checkpoint containing a Practice Problem with solution and a parallel Exercise. Checkpoints serve as stopping points and encourage students to practice using a concept before moving on.

Diagrams That Tell the Whole Story—Because understanding graphs is so important to students' understanding of economics, Foundations of Microeconomics uses color to show the direction of shifts in graphs and detailed, numbered captions that direct students' attention step-by-step through the action.

MyEconLab for Bade/Parkin—This text-specific online, suite of tools course, powered by Blackboard, contains an eText, eStudy Guide, Foundations Interactive Tutorial, Economics in the News, Research Navigator and the powerful course management tools of CourseCompass. Free with the purchase of a new textbook, and available for purchase online or standalone in the bookstore.

eText—The online eText features interactive quizzes and links to the eStudy Guide and Foundations Interactive Tutorial.

Online eStudy Guide—Correlated to each Checkpoint, the eStudy Guide features additional review and opportunities for practice and self-assessment.

Foundations Interactive Tutorial—This powerful online tutorial allows students to manipulate variables, draw graphs, review, and self-test.

Flash animation—All online figures and graphs are animated using Flash, and supported by streaming audio.

Economics In the News—Updated daily during the semester, this online link to a current news story is accompanied by questions written by the textbook author.

Office Hours—Students can email their questions to the authors and receive a response within 24 hours.

New hardcover Economics edition and Essentials split. Foundations of Economics is now offered as a single, hardcover volume as well as in micro and macro splits. An Essentials split for a one-semester course covering both micro and macro is also available.

Reorganized and expanded coverage of the public sector. Taxes are now covered in a single chapter (ch 8) and coverage of the problem of the commons has been significantly expanded (ch 10).

Expanded coverage of market structure. Oligopoly (ch 16) and monopolistic competition (ch 15) now each have their own full chapter treatment.

Improved coverage of inequality. The chapter on earnings differences and the chapter on inequality, poverty, and redistribution have been combined to provide a more cohesive presentation of the sources of economic inequality.

Bonus web chapter on farms and cities.

Expanded end-of-chapter exercises. Three pages per chapter include two pages of analytical Exercises and one page of Critical Thinking and Web exercises.

MyEconLab for Bade/Parkin is an extensive online teaching and learning system consisting of tightly integrated student resources—most created by Robin Bade and Michael Parkin—and powerful instructor tools.

I. INTRODUCTION.

1. Getting Started.

Appendix. Making and Using Graphs.

2. The U.S. Economy.

3. The Economic Problem.

4. Demand and Supply.

II. A CLOSER LOOK AT MARKETS.

5. Elasticities of Demand and Supply.

6. Efficiency and Fairness of Markets.

III. HOW GOVERNMENTS INFLUENCE THE ECONOMY.

7. Government Influences on Markets.

8. Taxes.

9. Externalities.

10. Public Goods and Common Resources.

IV. A CLOSER LOOK AT DECISION MAKERS.

11. Consumer Choice and Demand.

Appendix. Indifference Curves.

12. Production and Cost.

V. PRICES, PROFITS, AND INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE.

13. Perfect Competition.

14. Monopoly.

15. Monopolistic Competition.

16. Oligopoly.

17. Regulation and Antitrust Law.

VI. HOW INCOMES ARE DETERMINED.

18. Demand and Supply in Factor Markets.

19. Inequality and Redistribution.

VII. THE GLOBAL ECONOMY.

20. International Trade.

21. International Financial Markets.

Foundations of Microeconomics plus MyEconLab plus eBook 1-semester Student Access Kit, 4/E
Bade & Parkin
©2009 | Prentice Hall | Paper Package; 608 pp | Out of Stock
ISBN-10: 0321522389 | ISBN-13: 9780321522382
Brief Description

Economics is a subject you learn by doing. Foundations of Microeconomics breaks the mold of a traditional text and becomes a practice-oriented learning system. Each chapter uses a Checklist to focus students’ attention on the most important key concepts. A discrete section introduces each of these core concepts and is immediately followed by a Checkpoint, a full page of practice that applies the concept. The result is a patient, confidence-building approach that prepares students to use economics in their lives, regardless of what their future career will be.

Many instructors turn to online assessment in MyEconLab as a way to encourage practice without needing to grade homework by hand. Bade and Parkin have written online versions of their Checkpoints and end-of-chapter problems in MyEconLab so that there is complete synchronicity between the content online and in the text.

Preview online! An interactive tour of Foundations of Microeconomics, Fourth Edition, is available here.

Stand-alone Access Code Tutor Center
Addison-Wesley
©2008 | Prentice Hall | Access Code Card | Instock
ISBN-10: 0201721708 | ISBN-13: 9780201721706
URL: http://www.aw-bc.com/tutorcenter
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Companion Web Site, 2/E
Bade & Parkin
©2006 | Prentice Hall | Website | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321180364 | ISBN-13: 9780321180360
URL: http://www.aw.com/bade

MyEconLab Student Registration, 2/E
Bade & Parkin
©2006 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321180372 | ISBN-13: 9780321180377
URL: http://www.myeconlab.com

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Companion Web Site, 2/E
Bade & Parkin
©2006 | Prentice Hall | Website | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321180364 | ISBN-13: 9780321180360
URL: http://www.aw.com/bade

MyEconLab Test Bank, 2/E
Bade & Parkin
©2006 | Prentice Hall | Electronic Supplement | Estimated Availability : 01/01/2005
ISBN-10: 0321356586 | ISBN-13: 9780321356581

Online Micro PPT for HiTT, 2/E
Bade & Parkin
©2006 | Prentice Hall | Electronic Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321336895 | ISBN-13: 9780321336897
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Online Micro PPT for Interwrite, 2/E
Bade & Parkin
©2006 | Prentice Hall | Electronic Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321349563 | ISBN-13: 9780321349569
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Companion Web Site, 2/E
Bade & Parkin
©2006 | Prentice Hall | Website | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321180364 | ISBN-13: 9780321180360
URL: http://www.aw.com/bade

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MyEconLab CourseCompass with E-Book 1-semester Student Access Kit (standalone)
Addison-Wesley
©2010 | Prentice Hall | Access Code Card | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321578708 | ISBN-13: 9780321578709
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MyEconLab E-College with E-Book Student Access Kit (Standalone)
Pearson
©2009 | Prentice Hall | Access Code Card | Estimated Availability : 12/01/2008
ISBN-10: 0321621530 | ISBN-13: 9780321621535
URL: http://www.myeconlab.com

MyEconLab Plus with E-Book Student Access Kit (Standalone)
Pearson
©2009 | Prentice Hall | Access Code Card | Estimated Availability : 12/01/2008
ISBN-10: 0321621522 | ISBN-13: 9780321621528
URL: http://www.myeconlab.com

MyEconLab WebCT with E-Book Student Access Kit (Standalone)
Pearson
©2009 | Prentice Hall | Access Code Card | Estimated Availability : 12/01/2008
ISBN-10: 0321621514 | ISBN-13: 9780321621511
URL: http://www.myeconlab.com

MyEconLab with E-Book 1-semester Student Access Kit (Standalone)
Addison-Wesley
©2010 | Prentice Hall | Access Code Card | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321588037 | ISBN-13: 9780321588036
URL: http://www.myeconlab.com

Prentice Hall Guide to Economist.com
Economist.com
©2002 | Prentice Hall | Paper | Instock
ISBN-10: 0130668346 | ISBN-13: 9780130668349

Companion Web Site, 2/E
Bade & Parkin
©2006 | Prentice Hall | Website | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321180364 | ISBN-13: 9780321180360
URL: http://www.aw.com/bade

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Foundations of Microeconomics Homework Edition, CourseSmart eTextbook, 2/E
Bade & Parkin
©2006 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement; 592 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321300939 | ISBN-13: 9780321300935
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