Microeconomics 8/e

An Applied Approach To Micro

This text incorporates over 100 real-world examples into the flow of the text, rather than as segregated boxed features. These examples highlight the application of microeconomics to real managerial and public policy decisions. Examples include:

•Condominiums versus Cooperatives in New York City
•Trading Tasks and ipod Production
•Reducing Sulfur Dioxide Emissions in Beijing, China

Robert S. Pindyck

現職：Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Daniel L. Rubinfeld

現職：University of California, Berkeley

PART I: Introduction: Markets and Prices
Ch 1 Preliminaries
Ch 2 The Basics of Supply and Demand

PART II: Producers, Consumers, and Competitive Markets
Ch 3 Consumer Behavior
Ch 4 Individual and Market Demand
Ch 5 Uncertainty and Consumer Behavior
Ch 6 Production
Ch 7 The Cost of Production
Ch 8 Profit Maximization and Competitive Supply
Ch 9 The Analysis of Competitive Markets

PART III Market Structure and Competitive Strategy
Ch10 Market Power: Monopoly and Monopsony
Ch11 Pricing with Market Power
Ch12 Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly
Ch13 Game Theory and Competitive Strategy
Ch14 Markets for Factor Inputs
Ch15 Investment, Time, and Capital Markets

PART IV Information, Market Failure, and the Role of Government
Ch16 General Equilibrium and Economic Efficiency
Ch17 Markets with Asymmetric Information
Ch18 Externalities and Public Goods