Microeconomics,, 16th Canadian Edition
- Chapter 1 Economic Issues and Concepts
- Chapter 2 Economic Theories, Data, and Graphs
- Chapter 3 Demand, Supply, and Price
- Chapter 4 Elasticity
- Chapter 5 Price Controls and Market Efficiency
- Chapter 6 Consumer Behaviour
- Chapter 7 Producers in the Short Run
- Chapter 8 Producers in the Long Run
- Chapter 9 Competitive Markets
- Chapter 10 Monopoly, Cartels, and Price Discrimination
- Chapter 11 Imperfect Competition and Strategic Behaviour
- Chapter 12 Economic Efficiency and Public Policy
- Chapter 13 How Factor Markets Work
- Chapter 14 Labour Markets and Income Inequality
- Chapter 15 Interest Rates and the Capital Market
- Chapter 16 Market Failures and Government Intervention
- Chapter 17 The Economics of Environmental Protection
- Chapter 18 Taxation and Public Expenditure
- Chapter 32 The Gains from International Trade
- Chapter 33 Trade Policy
- Mathematical Notes M-
- Timeline of Great Economists T-
- Types of Economic Systems
- The Great Debate
- Government in the Modern Mixed Economy
- Summary
- Key Concepts
- Study Exercises
- Chapter 2 Economic Theories, Data, and Graphs
- 1 Positive and Normative Statements
- Disagreements Among Economists
- 2 Building and Testing Economic Theories
- What Are Theories?
- Testing Theories
- 3 Economic Data
- Index Numbers
- Graphing Economic Data
- 4 Graphing Economic Theories
- Functions
- Graphing Functions
- A Final Word
- Summary
- Key Concepts
- Study Exercises
- Chapter 3 Demand, Supply, and Price
- 1 Demand
- Quantity Demanded
- Quantity Demanded and Price
- Demand Schedules and Demand Curves
- 2 Supply
- Quantity Supplied
- Quantity Supplied and Price
- Supply Schedules and Supply Curves
- 3 The Determination of Price
- The Concept of a Market
- Market Equilibrium
- Changes in Market Equilibrium
- A Numerical Example
- Relative Prices
- Summary
- Key Concepts
- Study Exercises
- Chapter 4 Elasticity
- 1 Price Elasticity of Demand
- The Measurement of Price Elasticity
- What Determines Elasticity of Demand?
- Elasticity and Total Expenditure
- 2 Price Elasticity of Supply
- Determinants of Supply Elasticity
- 3 Elasticity Matters for Excise Taxes
- 4 Other Demand Elasticities
- Income Elasticity of Demand
- Cross Elasticity of Demand
- Summary
- Key Concepts
- Study Exercises
- Chapter 5 Price Controls and Market Efficiency
- 1 Government-Controlled Prices
- Disequilibrium Prices
- Price Floors
- Price Ceilings
- 2 Rent Controls: A Case Study of Price Ceilings
- The Predicted Effects of Rent Controls
- Who Gains and Who Loses?
- Policy Alternatives
- 3 An Introduction to Market Efficiency
- Demand as “Value” and Supply as “Cost”
- Economic Surplus and Market Efficiency
- Market Efficiency and Price Controls
- One Final Application: Output Quotas
- A Cautionary Word
- Summary
- Key Concepts
- Study Exercises
- Chapter 6 Consumer Behaviour
- 1 Marginal Utility and Consumer Choice
- Diminishing Marginal Utility
- Utility Schedules and Graphs
- Maximizing Utility
- The Consumer’s Demand Curve
- Market Demand Curves
- 2 Income and Substitution Effects of Price Changes
- The Substitution Effect
- The Income Effect
- The Slope of the Demand Curve
- 3 Consumer Surplus
- The Concept
- The Paradox of Value
- Summary
- Key Concepts
- Study Exercises
- Appendix to Chapter 6 Indifference Curves
- Chapter 7 Producers in the Short Run
- 1 What Are Firms?
- Organization of Firms
- Financing of Firms
- Goals of Firms
- 2 Production, Costs, and Profits
- Production
- Costs and Profits
- Profit-Maximizing Output
- Time Horizons for Decision Making
- 3 Production in the Short Run
- Total, Average, and Marginal Products
- Diminishing Marginal Product
- The Average–Marginal Relationship
- 4 Costs in the Short Run
- Defining Short Run Costs
- Short-Run Cost Curves
- Capacity
- Shifts in Short-Run Cost Curves
- Summary
- Key Concepts
- Study Exercises
- Chapter 8 Producers in the Long Run
- 1 The Long Run: No Fixed Factors
- Profit Maximization and Cost Minimization
- Long-Run Cost Curves
- 2 The Very Long Run: Changes in Technology
- Technological Change
- Firms’ Choices in the Very Long Run
- Summary
- Key Concepts
- Study Exercises
- Appendix to Chapter 8 Isoquant Analysis
- Chapter 9 Competitive Markets
- 1 Market Structure and Firm Behaviour
- Competitive Markets
- Competitive Behaviour
- 2 The Theory of Perfect Competition
- The Assumptions of Perfect Competition
- The Demand Curve for a Perfectly Competitive Firm
- Total, Average, and Marginal Revenue
- 3 Short-Run Decisions
- Should the Firm Produce at All?
- How Much Should the Firm Produce?
- Short-Run Supply Curves
- Short-Run Equilibrium in a Competitive Market
- 4 Long-Run Decisions
- Entry and Exit
- Long-Run Equilibrium
- Changes in Technology
- Declining Industries
- Summary
- Key Concepts
- Study Exercises
- Chapter 10 Monopoly, Cartels, and Price Discrimination
- 1 A Single-Price Monopolist
- Revenue Concepts for a Monopolist
- Short-Run Profit Maximization
- Why Are Monopolies Rare?
- Entry Barriers
- The Very Long Run and Creative Destruction
- 2 Cartels and Monopoly Power
- The Effects of Cartelization
- Problems That Cartels Face
- 3 Price Discrimination
- When Is Price Discrimination Possible?
- Different Forms of Price Discrimination
- The Consequences of Price Discrimination
- Summary
- Key Concepts
- Study Exercises
- Chapter 11 Imperfect Competition and Strategic Behaviour
- 1 Imperfect Competition
- Between the Two Extremes
- Defining Imperfect Competition
- 2 Monopolistic Competition
- The Assumptions of Monopolistic Competition
- Predictions of the Theory
- 3 Oligopoly and Game Theory
- Profit Maximization Is Complicated
- The Basic Dilemma of Oligopoly
- Some Simple Game Theory
- Extensions in Game Theory
- 4 Oligopoly in Practice
- Cooperative Behaviour
- Competitive Behaviour
- The Importance of Entry Barriers
- Oligopoly and the Economy
- Summary
- Key Concepts
- Study Exercises
- Chapter 12 Economic Efficiency and Public Policy
- 1 Productive and Allocative Efficiency
- Productive Efficiency
- Allocative Efficiency
- Which Market Structures Are Efficient?
- Allocative Efficiency and Total Surplus
- Allocative Efficiency and Market Failure
- 2 Economic Regulation to Promote Efficiency
- Regulation of Natural Monopolies
- Regulation of Oligopolies
- 3 Canadian Competition Policy
- The Canadian Competition Act of
- The Reforms of
- Future Challenges
- Summary
- Key Concepts
- Study Exercises
- Chapter 13 How Factor Markets Work
- 1 The Demand for Factors
- Marginal Revenue Product
- The Firm’s Demand Curve for a Factor
- The Market Demand Curve for a Factor
- 2 The Supply of Factors
- The Supply of Factors to the Economy
- The Supply of Factors to a Particular Industry
- The Supply of Factors to a Particular Firm
- 3 Factor Markets in Action
- Differentials in Factor Prices
- Economic Rent
- A Final Word
- Summary
- Key Concepts