ESCP Europe

Item type

Book

Language

anglais

Pages

xxvi, 505 p.

Edition

4th Rev.ed

Publication year

1994

Content notes

1. Introduction Part 1: Elements of the theory of consumer behaviour 2. The basic theory of consumer choice 3. Further analysis and applications of the theory of consumer choice 4. Consumer's surplus and marshallian consumer theory Part 2: Consumer Theory: Further Topics 5. The individual's supply of labour 6. The allocation of consumption over time 7. Intertemporal choice with production opportunities and the role of the capital market 8. Choice in the face of risk 9. Goods and their attributes Part 3: Production and costs 10. Production and the firm 11. Properties of the production function 12. Cost functions Part 4: Competition and monopoly 13. Perfect competition 14. More on the theory of supply in perfect competition 15. Monopoly Part 5: Industrial Organization: Further Topics 16. Price discrimination and product differentiation 17. Oligopoly - an introduction 18. Oligopoly - further analysis 19. Game theory 20. Alternative objectives of the firm Part 6: Factor markets 21. The demand for factors of production in competition 22. The demand for factors of production: monopoly and monopsony 23. Some aspects of the theory of factor supply Part 7: Further topics in the analysis of factor and product markets 24. Production functions, cost functions, and the demand for factors of production 25. The economic analysis of trade unions and bargaining 26. Economics of information Part 8: General equilibrium and welfare 27. An Overview 28. General equilibrium in an exchange economy 29. General equilibrium with production 30. The Pareto criterion and competitive equilibrium 31. Taxes, externalities and public goods 32. The Pareto criterion and distributional questions Part 9: Some aspects of public choice analysis 33. Public choice - a brief overview 34. Voting and the median voter 35. Interest groups and rent seeking

1. Introduction Part 1: Elements of the theory of consumer behaviour 2. The basic theory of consumer choice 3. Further analysis and applications of the theory of consumer choice 4. Consumer's surplus and marshallian consumer theory Part 2: Consumer Theory: Further Topics 5. The individual's supply of labour 6. The allocation of consumption over time 7. Intertemporal choice with production opportunities and the role of the capital market 8. Choice in the face of risk 9. Goods and their attributes Part 3: Production and costs 10. Production and the firm 11. Properties of the production function 12. Cost functions Part 4: Competition and monopoly 13. Perfect competition 14. More on the theory of supply in perfect competition 15. Monopoly Part 5: Industrial Organization: Further Topics 16. Price discrimination and product differentiation 17. Oligopoly - an introduction 18. Oligopoly - further analysis 19. Game theory 20. Alternative objectives of the firm Part 6: Factor markets 21. The demand for factors of production in competition 22. The demand for factors of production: monopoly and monopsony 23. Some aspects of the theory of factor supply Part 7: Further topics in the analysis of factor and product markets 24. Production functions, cost functions, and the demand for factors of production 25. The economic analysis of trade unions and bargaining 26. Economics of information Part 8: General equilibrium and welfare 27. An Overview 28. General equilibrium in an exchange economy 29. General equilibrium with production 30. The Pareto criterion and competitive equilibrium 31. Taxes, externalities and public goods 32. The Pareto criterion and distributional questions Part 9: Some aspects of public choice analysis 33. Public choice - a brief overview 34. Voting and the median voter 35. Interest groups and rent seeking.