01676cam a22002654a 45000010008000000030004000080050017000120080041000290100017000700200018000870350023001050350017001280400013001450420008001580820014001661000024001802450056002042500012002602600049002723000030003215000020003515050999003716500020013707000020013904274811OSt20220118104147.0020808s2004    ohua          001 0 eng    a  2002111169  a9781408017913  a(OCoLC)ocm52377151  a(NNC)4274811  aDLCcDLC  apcc00a338.52211 aMankiw, N. Gregory.10aMicroeconomics /cN. Gregory Mankiw, Mark P. Taylor  a2nd ed.  aMason, Ohio :bThomson/South-Western,c2011.  axx, 494 p. :bcol. ill. ;  aIncludes index.  aContents: 1. Introduction: Ten principles of economics -- Thinking like an economist -- Interdependence and the gains from trade -- 2. Supply and demand I: how markets work: The Market forces of supply and demand -- Elasticity and its application -- Supply, demand and government policies -- 3. Supply and demand II: markets and welfare: Consumers, producers and the efficiency of markets -- Application: the costs of taxation -- Application: international trade -- 4. The Economics of the public sector: Externalities -- Public goods and common resources -- The Design of the tax system -- 5. Firm behaviour and the organization of industry: The Costs of production -- Firms in competitive markets -- Monopoly -- Monopolistic competition -- Oligopoly -- 6. The Economics of labour markets: The Markets for the factors of production -- Earnings and discrimination -- Income inequality and poverty -- 7. Topics for further study: The Theory of consumer choice -- Frontiers of microeconomics --   0aMicroeconomics.  qTaylor, Mark P.