Economics

Title Statements

Full title :Economics / R. Glenn Hubbard, Columbia University, Anthony Patrick O'Brien, Lehigh University

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2017
Edition:Sixth edition, global edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Pearson
Place of Publication:Boston
Language:eng
Publication Date:2017

Notes

Revised edition of the authors' Economics

The Physical Object

Description:1164 s. : : illustrations, diagrams

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1292159928 (pbk), 9781292159928 (pbk)
oclc:on1140870324

Introduction -- Economics : foundations and models -- Trade-offs, comparative advantage, and the market system -- Where prices come from : the interaction of demand and supply -- Economic efficiency, government price setting, and taxes -- Markets in action : policy and applications -- Externalities, environmental policy, and public goods -- Elasticity : the responsiveness of demand and supply -- The economics of health care -- Firms in the domestic and international economies -- Firms, the stock market, and corporate governance -- Comparative advantage and the gains from international trade -- Microeconomic foundations : consumers and firms -- Consumer choice & behavioral economics -- Technology, production, and costs -- Market structure and firm strategy -- Firms in perfectly competitive markets -- Monopolistic competition : the competitive model in a more realistic setting -- Oligopoly : firms in less competitive markets -- Monopoly and antitrust policy -- Pricing strategy -- Markets for factors of production -- The markets for labor and other -- Factors of production -- Public choice, taxes, and the distribution of income -- Macroeconomic foundations and long-run growth -- Gdp:…