ABSTRACT

This book introduces the main concepts of microeconomics to upper division undergraduate students or first year graduate students who have undergone at least one elementary calculus course. The book fully integrates graphical and mathematical concepts and offers over 150 analytical examples demonstrating numerical solutions.

The book has a strong theoretical basis but shows how microeconomics can be brought to bear on the real world. New Features for this edition include:

  • an incorporation of the theory of stock externalities associated with greenhouse gases
  • development of the section on insurance with particular reference to the new US healthcare program
  • greater integration of game theoretic concepts throughout the book.

The book’s style is accessible, but also rigorous. Mathematical examples are provided throughout the book, in particular for key concepts and the result is a balanced approach in terms of prose, graphics, and mathematics.

chapter 1|22 pages

Introduction

part |3 pages

PART I Consumers’ sovereignty

chapter 2|41 pages

Consumer preferences

chapter 3|40 pages

Utility maximization

chapter 4|57 pages

Comparative statics

part |2 pages

PART II Markets and consumer interaction

chapter 5|37 pages

Market demand

chapter 6|30 pages

Pure exchange

part |3 pages

PART III Producers’ rules

chapter 7|42 pages

Production technology

chapter 8|46 pages

Theory of cost

part |2 pages

PART IV Competitive forces

chapter 9|46 pages

Perfect competition

chapter 10|45 pages

Economic efficiency

chapter 11|48 pages

General competitive equilibrium

part |3 pages

PART V Monopoly power

chapter 12|48 pages

Monopoly and regulation

chapter 13|43 pages

Price discrimination

part |2 pages

PART VI Strategic agent interaction

chapter 14|35 pages

Game theory

chapter 15|59 pages

Industrial organization

part |2 pages

PART VII Input markets

chapter 16|42 pages

Competitive input markets

chapter 17|41 pages

Monopoly power in input markets

part |2 pages

PART VIII Risky world and intertemporal choices

chapter 18|43 pages

Risky choice and risk aversion

chapter 19|56 pages

Intertemporal choice and capital decisions

part |3 pages

PART IX Missing markets

chapter 20|42 pages

Welfare economics

chapter 21|40 pages

Externalities

chapter 22|31 pages

Public goods

chapter 23|43 pages

Asymmetric information