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Introduction to Microeconomic Principles
An enhanced adaptation of Principles of Microeconomics 3e, designed to make microeconomics clearer, more visual, accessible, and relevant through refined explanations, improved organization, and engaging learning supports.
- Author
- Ravjeet Singh
- Publisher
- De Anza College
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY
- Language
- EN
- Category
- Economics
Contents· 113 sections
- 01: Welcome to Economics
- 1.01: What Is Economics and Why Is It Important
- 1.02: Microeconomics and Macroeconomics
- 1.03: How Economists Use Theories and Models to Understand Economic Issues
- 1.04: How To Organize Economies- An Overview of Economic Systems
- 1.05: Key Terms
- 1.06: Summary
- 1.07: Self-Check Questions
- 1.08: Review Questions
- 1.09: Critical Thinking Questions
- 02: Choice in a World of Scarcity
- 2.01: The Production Possibilities Frontier and Social Choices
- 2.02: Confronting Objections to the Economic Approach
- 2.03: Key Terms
- 2.04: Key Concepts and Summary
- 2.05: Self-Check Questions
- 2.06: Review Questions
- 2.07: Critical Thinking Questions
- 03: Demand and Supply
- 3.01: Demand Supply and Equilibrium in Markets for Goods and Services
- 3.02: Shifts in Demand and Supply for Goods and Services
- 3.03: Changes in Equilibrium Price and Quantity
- 3.04: Price Ceilings and Price Floors
- 3.05: Demand Supply and Efficiency
- 3.06: Key Terms
- 3.07: Key Concepts and Summary
- 3.08: Self-Check Questions
- 3.09: Review Questions
- 3.10: Critical Thinking Questions
- 3.11: Problems
- 04: Elasticity
- 4.01: Different Cases of Elasticity and Constant Elasticity
- 4.02: Price Elasticity of Demand and Price Elasticity of Supply
- 4.03: Elasticity and Pricing
- 4.04: Elasticity in Areas Other Than Price
- 4.05: Key Terms
- 4.06: Key Concepts and Summary
- 4.07: Self-Check Questions
- 4.08: Review Questions
- 4.09: Critical Thinking Questions
- 05: Consumer Choices
- 5.01: Consumption Choices
- 5.02: How Changes in Income and Prices Affect Consumption Choices
- 5.03: How Individuals Make Choices Based on Their Budget Constraint
- 5.04: Behavioral Economics- An Alternative Framework for Consumer Choice
- 5.05: Key Terms
- 5.06: Key Concepts and Summary
- 5.07: Self-Check Questions
- 5.08: Review Questions
- 5.09: Critical Thinking Questions
- 5.10: Problems
- 06: Production Costs and Industry Structure
- 6.01: Explicit and Implicit Costs and Accounting and Economic Profit
- 6.02: Production in the Short Run
- 6.03: Costs in the Short Run
- 6.04: Production in the Long Run
- 6.05: Costs in the Long Run
- 6.06: Key Terms
- 6.07: Key Concepts and Summary
- 6.08: Review Questions
- 6.09: Self-Check Questions
- 6.10: Critical Thinking Questions
- 6.11: Problems
- 07: Perfect Competition
- 7.01: Perfect Competition and Why It Matters
- 7.02: How Perfectly Competitive Firms Make Output Decisions
- 7.03: Entry and Exit Decisions in the Long Run
- 7.04: Efficiency in Perfectly Competitive Markets
- 7.05: Key Terms
- 7.06: Key Concepts and Summary
- 7.07: Self-Check Questions
- 7.08: Review Questions
- 7.09: Critical Thinking Questions
- 7.10: Problems
- 08: Negative Externalities and Positive Externalities
- 8.01: Internalize Externalities using Market and Non-Market Tools
- 8.02: Command-and-Control Regulation
- 8.03: The Benefits and Costs of U.S. Environmental Laws
- 8.04: International Environmental Issues
- 8.05: The Tradeoff between Economic Output and Environmental Protection
- 8.06: Positive Externalities
- 8.07: Investments in Innovation
- 8.08: How Governments Can Encourage Innovation
- 8.09: Public Goods
- 8.10: Key Concepts and Summary
- 8.11: Key Terms
- 8.12: Self-Check Questions
- 8.13: Critical Thinking Questions
- 8.14: Review Questions
- 8.15: Critical Thinking Questions
- 8.16: Problems
- 09: Monopoly
- 9.01: How Monopolies Form- Barriers to Entry
- 9.02: How a Profit-Maximizing Monopoly Chooses Output and Price
- 9.03: Regulating Natural Monopolies
- 9.04: The Great Deregulation Experiment
- 9.05: Key Terms
- 9.06: Key Concepts and Summary
- 9.07: Self-Check Questions
- 9.08: Review Questions
- 9.09: Critical Thinking Questions
- 10: Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly
- 10.01: Monopolistic Competition
- 10.02: Oligopoly
- 10.03: Regulating Anticompetitive Behavior and Antitrust Policies
- 10.04: Introduction to Mergers
- 10.05: Corporate Mergers
- 10.06: Key Terms
- 10.07: Key Concepts and Summary
- 10.08: Self-Check Questions
- 10.09: Review Questions
- 10.10: Critical Thinking Questions
- 10.11: Problems