Prepared by Elizabeth Sawyer-Kelly, University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Study Guide reinforces the topics and key concepts covered in the main Macroeconomics text. For each chapter, the Study Guide is organised as follows: Before You Read the Chapter; After You Read the Chapter; Before You Take the Test; and Answer Key. INDICE: PART I: WHAT IS ECONOMICS?.Introduction: The Ordinary Business of Life .First Principles .Economic Models: Trade-offs and Trade .Appendix: Graphs in Economics.PART II: SUPPLY AND DEMAND .Supply and Demand .Price Controls and Quotas: Meddling with Markets .Consumer and Producer Surplus .Elasticity.PART III: INDIVIDUALS AND MARKETS.Taxes.International Trade.PART IV: ECONOMICS AND DECISION MAKING.Making Decisions.PART V: THE CONSUMER.The Rational Consumer.Appendix: Consumer Preferences and Consumer Choice.PART VI: THE PRODUCTION DECISION.Behind the Supply Curve: Inputs and Costs .Perfect Competition and theSupply Curve.PART VII: MARKET STRUCTURE: BEYOND PERFECT COMPETITION.Monopoly .Oligopoly .Monopolistic Competition and Product Differentiation.PART VIII: MICROECONOMICS AND PUBLIC POLICY.Externalities.Public Goods and Common Resources.The Economics of the Welfare State.PART IX: FACTOR MARKETS AND RISK.Factor Markets and the Distribution of Income .Appendix: Indifference Curve Analysis of Labour Supply .Uncertainty, Risk, and Private Information
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