Microeconomics: Theory and Applications

Microeconomics: Theory and Applications
ISBN-10
0195336100
ISBN-13
9780195336108
Series
Microeconomics
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
707
Language
English
Published
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Author
Dominick Salvatore

Description

Fully revised and expanded, this fifth edition of Microeconomics: Theory and Applications presents all the standard topics of traditional microeconomic theory while offering a modern approach that reflects the many exciting recent developments in the field. With its student-friendly writing style and clear presentation of graphs, this is an ideal text for undergraduate courses in intermediate microeconomics and business programs. Features of the Fifth Edition *Offers a balance of traditional microeconomic topics while addressing contemporary issues and concerns *Introduces an important international dimension to microeconomics, reflecting the strong trend toward globalization in tastes, production, and distribution in today's world *Presents an "at the Frontier" section in each chapter that highlights the most exciting recent examples of more advanced theoretical developments in microeconomics New and Expanded Treatment in the Fifth Edition *Includes electronic commerce, behavioral economics, auctioning airwaves, effect of outsourcing on employment and wages in the United States, fields of education and lifetime earnings, effect of taxation on business decisions *Provides more than 130 new and updated real-world examples of how microeconomic theory can be used to analyze and possibly resolve important present-day economic problems *Offers expanded treatment of important topics such as game theory; financial microeconomics; the new international economies of scale; economics of information; and market structure, efficiency, and regulation *Features Internet site addresses for the most important topics in each chapter Website A companion website is now available at www.oup.com/us/salvatore. This practical learning tool offers updated material, additional examples, and PowerPointR lecture slides for each textbook chapter

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