Economics / 2nd ed.

Hubbard, R. Glenn.

Economics / R. Glenn Hubbard & Anthony Patrick O'Brien. - 2nd ed. - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, c 2008. - lvi, 1066 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Economics, foundations and models -- Tradeoffs, the market system, and comparative advantage -- Where prices come from, the interaction of demand & supply -- Economic efficiency and government price setting -- Externalities, environmental policy, and public goods -- Elasticity, the responsiveness of demand and supply -- Firms, corporate governance, and the stock market -- Comparative advantage and the gains from international trade -- Consumer behavior -- Production, technology, and costs -- Firms in perfectly competitive markets -- Monopolistic competition, the competitive model in a more realistic setting -- Oligopoly, firms in less competitive markets -- Monopoly and antitrust policy -- Pricing strategy -- The markets for labor and other factors of production -- The economics of information -- The tax system and the distribution of income.

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