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McEachErn Brief EcOn6 MICRO Contents Part 1 IntroductIon to EconoMIcs 1 The Art and Science of Economic Analysis 2 2 Economic Tools and Economic Systems 24 3 Economic Decision Makers 40 4 Demand, Supply, and Markets 56 Part 2 IntroductIon to thE MarkEt systEM 5 Elasticity of Demand and Supply 74 6 Consumer Choice and Demand 92 7 Production and Cost in the Firm 104 Part 3 MarkEt structurE and PrIcIng 8 Perfect Competition 120 9 Monopoly 142 10 Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly 160 Part 4 rEsourcE MarkEts 11 Resource Markets 180 12 Labor Markets and Labor Unions 196 13 Capital, Interest, Entrepreneurship, and Corporate Finance 216 14 Transaction Costs, Asymmetric Information, and Behavioral Economics 234 Part 5 MarkEt FaIlurE and PublIc PolIcy 15 Economic Regulation and Antitrust Policy 252 com 16 Public Goods and Public Choice 268 utterstock. 1178 EPoxvteerrntya laitnieds R aenddis tthrieb uEtnivoinr o3n0m4ent 284 h S a/ ov an Part 6 IntErnatIonal EconoMIcs az K aria 19 International Trade 324 M astilla, 2201 International Finance 344 C Economic Development 360 os arl C com/ Index 380 ck. o erst utt h S BRIEF CONTENTS iii Copyright 2019 Cengage Learning. 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CONTENTS Part 1 2-4 Economic Systems 34 2-5 Final Word 37 IntroductIon to econoMIcS 3 Economic decision Makers 40 3-1 The Household 41 3-2 The Firm 43 3-3 The Government 47 n o cti 3-4 The Rest of the World 53 e Coll 3-5 Final Word 54 ett er work/Ev 4 demand, supply, and Markets 56 et N n oo 4-1 Demand 57 art © C 4-2 What Shifts a Demand Curve? 60 4-3 Supply 62 1 4-4 What Shifts a Supply Curve? 63 the art and science of Economic 4-5 Demand and Supply Create a Market 65 analysis 2 4-6 Changes in Equilibrium Price 1-1 The Economic Problem: Scarce Resources, and Quantity 67 Unlimited Wants 3 4-7 Disequilibrium 70 1-2 The Art of Economic Analysis 7 4-8 Final Word 71 1-3 The Science of Economic Analysis 10 1-4 Some Pitfalls of Faulty Economic Part 2 Analysis 13 1-5 If Economists Are So Smart, Why Aren’t IntroductIon to the They Rich? 14 1-6 Final Word 15 Market SySteM A1-1 Understanding Graphs 18 2 Economic tools and E conomic systems 24 2-1 Choice and Opportunity Cost 25 ges a m 2-2 Comparative Advantage, Specialization, etty I and Exchange 27 os/G ot 2-3 The Economy’s Production Ph e Possibilities 30 hiv c Ar iv CONTENTS Copyright 2019 Cengage Learning. 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Cengage Learning reserves the right to remove additional content at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it. 5 8 Elasticity of demand and supply 74 Perfect competition 120 5-1 Price Elasticity of Demand 75 8-1 An Introduction to Perfect Competition 121 5-2 Determinants of the Price Elasticity of Demand 80 8-2 Short-Run Profit Maximization 123 5-3 Price Elasticity of Supply 83 8-3 Short-Run Loss Minimization 126 5-4 Other Elasticity Measures 86 8-4 Short-Run Supply Curves 129 5-5 Final Word 88 8-5 Perfect Competition in A5-1 Price Elasticity and Tax Incidence 90 the Long Run 132 6 8-6 Long-Run Industry Supply consumer choice and demand 92 Curve 135 6-1 Utility Analysis 93 8-7 Perfect Competition and Efficiency 137 6-2 Measuring Utility 95 8-8 Final Word 139 6-3 Applications of Utility Analysis 99 6-4 Final Word 102 9 Monopoly 142 7 Production and cost in the Firm 104 9-1 Barriers to Entry 143 9-2 Revenue for a Monopolist 145 7-1 Cost and Profit 105 9-3 Profit Maximization and Cost Minimization 7-2 Production in the Short Run 107 for a Monopolist 147 7-3 Costs in the Short Run 109 9-4 Perfect Competition and Monopoly 7-4 Costs in the Long Run 113 Compared 152 7-5 Final Word 117 9-5 Problems with Deadweight Loss Estimates 154 Part 3 9-6 Price Discrimination 155 9-7 Final Word 158 Market Structure 1 0 Monopolistic competition and PrIcIng and oligopoly 160 10-1 Monopolistic Competition 161 10-2 Oligopoly 167 10-3 Three Approaches to Oligopoly 169 10-4 Comparison of Oligopoly and Perfect Alle12 Competition 176 m/ co 10-5 Final Word 177 o. ot h p ck o St i CONTENTS v Copyright 2019 Cengage Learning. 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Cengage Learning reserves the right to remove additional content at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it. 13-6 Corporate Finance 228 Part 4 13-7 Final Word 232 reSource MarketS 14 transaction costs, asymmetric Information, and behavioral Economics 234 14-1 The Firm’s Rationale and Scope of Operation 235 14-2 Market Behavior with Imperfect Information 240 m co 14-3 Asymmetric Information in Product Markets 242 ck. o erst 14-4 Asymmetric Information in Labor Markets 246 hutt 14-5 Behavioral Economics 247 S alleri/ 14-6 Final Word 249 av C d ar h c Ri Part 5 11 Market FaIlure and resource Markets 180 PublIc PolIcy 11-1 The Once-Over 181 11-2 Demand and Supply of Resources 182 11-3 Temporary and Permanent Resource Price Differences 184 11-4 Opportunity Cost and Economic m Rent 185 co ck. o 11-5 A Closer Look at Resource Demand 188 erst 11-6 Final Word 193 hutt S g/ n a 12 n k a labor Markets and labor o ji a h Z unions 196 12-1 Labor Supply 197 15 Economic regulation 12-2 Why Wages Differ 202 and antitrust Policy 252 12-3 Unions and Collective Bargaining 205 12- 4 Union Wages and Employment 207 15-1 Types of Government Regulation 253 12-5 Final Word 213 15-2 Regulating a Natural Monopoly 254 15-3 Alternative Theories of Economic Regulation 256 13 capital, Interest, E ntrepreneurship, 15-4 Antitrust Law and Enforcement 258 and corporate Finance 216 15-5 Competitive Trends in the U.S. Economy 264 15-6 Final Word 266 13-1 The Role of Time in Production and Consumption 217 16 13-2 The Market for Loanable Funds 221 Public goods and Public choice 268 13-3 Why Interest Rates Differ 222 13-4 Present Value and Discounting 224 16-1 Public Goods 269 13-5 Entrepreneurship 226 16-2 Public Choice in Representative Democracy 272 vi CONTENTS Copyright 2019 Cengage Learning. 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