ESCP Europe

Item type

Book

Language

English

Publication year

2013

Edition no.

3rd ed.

ISBN

978-1-4292-8342-7

"Each year more and more students are being introduced to the fundamental principles of microeconomics via Paul Krugman's trusted voice and signature storytelling style. This third edition of Krugman and Well's Microeonomics is their most accomplished yet, extensively updated with new examples, new case studies, and new coverage".

PART 1. WHAT IS ECONOMICS? --- Introduction. The ordinary business of life --- Chapter 1. First principles --- Chapter 2. Economic models: trade-offs and trade --- PART 2. SUPPLY AND DEMAND --- Chapter 3. Supply and demand --- Chapter 4. Consumer and producer surplus --- Chapter 5. Price controls and quotas: meddling with markets --- Chapter 6. Elasticity --- PART 3. INDIVIDUALS AND MARKETS --- Chapter 7. Taxes --- Chapter 8. International trade --- PART 4. ECONOMICS AND DECISION MAKING --- Chapter 9. Decision making by individuals and firms --- PART 5. THE CONSUMER --- Chapter 10. The rational consumer --- PART 6. THE PRODUCTION DECISION --- Chapter 11. Behind the supply curve: inputs and costs --- Chapter 12. Perfect competition and the supply curve --- PART 7. MARKET STRUCTURE: BEYOND PERFECT COMPETITION --- Chapter 13. Monopoly --- Chapter 14. Oligopoly --- Chapter 15. Monopolistic competition and product differentiation --- PART 8. MICROECONOMICS AND PUBLIC POLICY --- Chapter 16. Externalities --- Chapter 17. Public goods and common resources --- Chapter 18. The economics of the welfare state --- PART 9. FACTOR MARKETS AND RISK --- Chapter 19. Factor markets and the distribution of income --- Chapter 20. Uncertainty, risk, and private information..