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1 online resource (553 pages) |
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polychrome |
Summary |
"This book is an adaptation of Principles of Microeconomics originally published by OpenStax. This adapted version has been reorganized into eight topics and expanded to include over 200 multiple choice questions, examples, eight case studies including questions and solutions, and over 200 editable figures"--BC Campus website. |
Contents |
Part One: The Building Blocks -- 1 Introduction to key ideas -- 2 Theories, data and beliefs -- 3 The classical marketplace -- demand and supply -- Part Two: Responsiveness and the Value of Markets -- 4 Measures of response: Elasticities -- 5 Welfare economics and externalities -- Part Three: Decision Making by Consumer and Producers -- 6 Individual choice -- 7 Firms, investors and capital markets -- 8 Production and cost -- Part Four: Market Structures -- 9 Perfect competition -- 10 Monopoly -- 11 Imperfect competition -- Part Five: The Factors of Production -- 12 Labour and capital -- 13 Human capital and the income distribution -- Part Six: Government and Trade -- 14 Government -- 15 International trade |
Local Note |
Open Educational Resources (OER). Open Textbooks |
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Open Textbook Library |
Subject |
Microeconomics -- Textbooks.
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Microeconomics. |
Genre/Form |
Textbooks.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Textbooks.
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Added Author |
Nicholson, Maxwell, author.
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Lukenchuk, Ben, author.
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Taylor, Timothy, author.
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University of Victoria (B.C.), issuing body.
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BC Open Textbook Project, distributor.
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BCcampus.
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