MICROECONOMICS REV/E 20/E

20. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-07-766081-9
Verlag: MCGRAW HILL BOOK CO

Buch, Englisch, 672 Seiten, Format (B × H): 216 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 1075 g

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Autoren/Hrsg.

McConnell, Campbell

Brue, Stanley

Flynn, Sean

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Introduction to Economics and the Economy1Limits, Alternatives, Choices2The Market System and the Circular FlowPart II: Price, Quantity, and Efficiency3Demand, Supply, and Market Equilibrium4Market Failures: Public Goods and Externalities5Government's Role and Government FailurePart III: Consumer Behavior6Elasticity7Utility Maximization8Behavioral EconomicsPart IV: Microeconomics of Product Markets9Businesses and the Cost of Production10Pure Competition in the Short Run11Pure Competition in the Long Run12Pure Monopoly13Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly13WTechnology, R&D, and EfficiencyPart V: Microeconomics of Resource Markets and Government14The Demand for Resources15Wage Determination16Rent, Interest, and Profit17Natural Resource and Energy Economics18Public Finance: Expenditures and TaxesPart VI: Microeconomic Issues and Policies19Antitrust Policy and Regulation20Agriculture: Economics and Policy21Income Inequality, Poverty, and Discrimination22Health Care23ImmigrationPart VII: International Economics24International Trade25The Balance of Payments, Exchange Rates, and Trade Deficits25WThe Economics of Developing CountriesCOI 1The United States in the Global EconomyCOI 2Previous International Exchange Rate Systems

Über Autor(innen)

McConnell, Campbell
Campbell R. McConnell earned his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa after receiving degrees from Cornell College and the University of Illinois. He taught at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln from 1953 until his retirement in 1990. He is also coauthor of Contemporary Labor Economics, Seventh edition, and Essentials of Economics, First edition (both The McGraw-Hill Companies), and has edited readers for the principles and labor economics courses. He is a recipient of both the University of Nebraska Distinguished Teaching Award and the James A. Lake Academic Freedom Award, and is past-president of the Midwest Economics Association. Professor McConnell was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Cornell College in 1973 and received its Distinguished Achievement Award in 1994.

Brue, Stanley
Stanley L. Brue did his undergraduate work at Augustana College (South Dakota) and received its Distinguished Achievement Award in 1991. He received his Ph.D. from the University of NebraskaLincoln. He is a professor at Pacific Lutheran University, where he has been honored as a recipient of the Burlington Northern Faculty Achievement Award. Professor Brue has also received the national Leavey Award for excellence in economic education. He has served as national president and chair of the Board of Trustees of Omicron Delta Epsilon International Economics Honorary. He is coauthor of Economic Scenes, Fifth edition (Prentice-Hall), Contemporary Labor Economics, Seventh edition, Essentials of Economics, First edition (both The McGraw-Hill Companies), and The Evolution of Economic Thought, Seventh edition (South-Western).

Flynn, Sean
Sean is an assistant professor of economics at Scripps College in Claremont, California. He is the author of the international best seller "Economics for Dummies" as well as the coauthor, along with Campbell McConnell and Stanley Brue, of the world's best-selling college economics textbook, "Economics: Principles, Problems, and Policies".
An avid martial artist, Sean is a former Aikido national champion and has coached five of his students to U.S. national aikido titles.
A recurring commentator on FOX Business, ABC News, and NPR, Sean holds a B.A. in economics from the University of Southern California and a Ph.D. in economics from U.C. Berkeley, where he completed his dissertation under the supervision of Nobel Laureate George Akerlof.
Sean's research focuses on the often puzzling and seemingly irrational behavior of stock market investors, but he's also investigated topics as wide-ranging as the factors that affect customer tipping behavior at restaurants and why you see a lot of unionized workers only in certain industries.