Table of Contents

chapter 1 Introduction 1 What Is Economics? The Role of Prices 2 Supply and Demand Analysis PART ONE Demand Analysis chapter 2 The Scarcity Principle 3 Definition of Demand Elasticity of Demand 4 The Opportunity Set, Income Effects, 5 Substitution Effects chapter 3 Indifference Curves 6 Rational Behavior, The Indifference System 7 Demand Curves, Engel Curves 8 Combined Demand Curves Market Demand and Engel Curve Differences in Tastes PART TWO Supply of Products chapter 5 Fundamentals of Supply, Firm and Market Supply Curves, Economic Rent, chapter 6 Competition and Monopoly, The Comparative Statics of Competitive Equilibrium, The Stability of Equilibrium 20 Monopoly Natural Monopoly 21 Collusion 22 Price Discrimination 23 Non-price Rationing PART THREE Production and the Demand for Factors chapter 7 Production by the Firm and Industry 24 Production Functions The Cost-Minimizing Conditions 25 Cost Curves Increasing and Decreasing Costs 26 Technological Change 27 Induced Technological Change chapter 8 Demand for Factors 28 Derived Demand for Factors of Production Fixed Quantities of Other Factors Fixed Prices of Other Factors 29 Substitution Between Factors 30 Substitution Between Industries: A Numerical Example, A Single Industry, Two Industries 31 Substitution Between Industries: A General Model PART FOUR Supply of Factors of Production chapters Human Capital 32 Land, Labor, and Capital Population 33 Labor Force Participation 34 Nonmarket Activities Occupational Choice Appendix 35 Investment in Training 36 Differences in Abilities and Opportunities The Distribution of Earnings Appendix chapter 10 Accumulation of Capital over Time 37 Consumption and Savings 38 The Rate of Growth in Consumption Appendix *39 The Determination of Interest Rates The Rate of Investment = Savings 40 Growth Paths

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Becker, Gary