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Acknowledgements
About this Book
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Economics
1.2 Microeconomics & Macroeconomics
1.3 Scarcity and the Fundamental Economic Questions
1.4 Choices
1.5 Economics - Social Science & Policy Tool
1.6 Economic Model
1.7 Key Terms
2.0 Introduction
2.1 Economic Model
2.2 Circular Flow Model
2.3 Production Possibility Model
2.4 Economic Growth
2.5 PPF and International Trade
2.6 Gains from Trade
2.7 Key Terms
3.0 Introduction
3.1 Demand
3.2 Changes in Demand
3.3 Supply
3.4 Changes in Supply
3.5 Demand, Supply and Equilibrium
3.6 Shifts in Demand and Supply
3.7 Summary
3.8 Key Terms
4.0 Introduction
4.1 Demand and Consumer Surplus
4.2 Supply and Producer Surplus
4.3 Inefficiency of Price Floor and Price Ceiling
4.4 Taxes and Deadweight Loss
4.5 Key Terms
5.0 Introduction
5.1 Externalities
5.2 (A)‘Internalizing’ an Externality: Pollution Tax
5.2 (B) ‘Internalizing’ an Externality: Subsidizing post secondary education
5.3 Types of Private Solutions: Coase Theorem
5.4 Public Goods
5.5 Key Terms
6.0 Introduction
6.1 Price Elasticity of Demand
6.2 Determinants of Elasticity of Demand
6.3 Price Elasticity of Demand and Total Revenue
6.4 Other Elasticities of Demand
6.5 Elasticity of supply
6.6 Determinants of Price Elasticity of Supply
6.7 Key Terms
7.0 Introduction
7.1 Explicit and Implicit Costs
7.2 Theory of Production
7.3 Costs of Production
7.4 Relationship between Production and Costs
7.5 Long Run Costs: The Advantage of Flexibility
7.6 Key Terms
8.0 Introduction
8.1 Characteristics of Perfect Competition
8.2 Price and Quantity in Perfect Competition
8.3 Comparing Marginal Revenue and Marginal Costs
8.4 Profits and Losses in Perfect Competition
8.5 Economic Loss and Shut Down in the Short Run
8.6 How Entry and Exit Lead to Zero Profits in the Long Run
8.7 Perfect Competition and Efficiency
8.8 Key Terms
9.0 Introduction
9.1 Monopoly and Barriers to Entry
9.2 Single Price Monopoly Demand and Marginal Revenue
9.3 Single Monopoly Price and Output
9.4 Inefficiency of Monopoly
9.5 Monopoly and Antitrust Laws
9.6 Key Terms
10.0 Introduction
10.1 Differentiated Products
10.2 Perceived Demand for Monopolistic Competitor
10.3 How a Monopolistic Competitor Chooses Price and Quantity
10.4 Mark-up and Excess Capacity
10.5 Monopolistic Competitors and Entry
10.6 The Benefits of Variety and Product Differentiation
10.7 Key Terms
11.0 Introduction
11.1 Why do Oligopolies Exist: Barriers to Entry?
11.2 Collusion or Competition?
11.3 The Prisoner’s Dilemma
11.4 The Oligopoly Version of the Prisoner’s Dilemma
11.5: A Duopoly Game
11.6 Cartels
11.7 Sequential Game
11.8 Key Terms
Ancillary Resources
Glossary
Versioning History
1.2 Microeconomics and Macroeconomics
1.5 Economics – Social Science and Policy Tool
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