Microeconomics - Pindyck, Robert S.; Rubinfeld, Daniel L.; Banerjee, Sreejata (New Delhi : Pearson, 2024)
Introduction: markets and prices. Preliminaries The basics of supply and demand Producers, consumers, and competitive markets. Consumer behavior Individual and market demand Uncertainty and consumer behavior Production The cost of production Profit maximization and competitive supply The analysis of competitive markets Market structure and competitive strategy. Market power: monopoly and monopsony Pricing with market power Monopolistic competition and oligopoly Game theory and competitive strategy Market for factor inputs Investment, time, and capital markets Information, market failure, and the role of government. General equilibrium and economic efficiency Markets with assymetric information Externalities and public goods Behavioral economics Appendix: the basics of regression Glossary Answers to selected exercises Photo credits Index
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Keywords: Introduction : markets and prices; Producers consumers and competitive markets; Information market failure and the role of government