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Microeconomics: Australia in the Global Environment eBook - 180 day rental, 2nd Edition

Michael Parkin
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Microeconomics: Australia in the Global Environment eBook - 180 day rental, 2nd Edition

By Michael Parkin, Robin Bade
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Author
Michael Parkin
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Edition
2nd
ISBN
9780655791317
Published Date
01/08/2019
This is a product designed for students who are taking 2 semester introductory course to economics, split into micro and macroeconomics, who need to understand the principles of economic theory and how it relates to the real world.

It provides both a textbook full of exercises and examples scaffolded on underlying theory plus MyLab Economics to consolidate technical understanding.

Using this product, students can comprehend key theoretical principles of micro and macroeconomics, and feel confident in how it relates to the real world.

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Time limit

This product is only available for a 180 day rental period starting from the date of purchase.

Biography
Michael Parkin is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Economics at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. Professor Parkin studied economics in England and began his university teaching career immediately after graduating with a B.A. He learned the subject on the job at the University of Essex, England’s most exciting new university of the 1960s, and at the age of 30 became one of the youngest full professors. His many visiting positions include the Reserve Bank of Australia, the University of New South Wales, Bond University and the Bank of Japan.
Robin Bade was an undergraduate at the University of Queensland where she earned degrees in mathematics and economics. After teaching high school mathematics and physics, she enrolled as a Ph.D. student at ANU, from which she graduated in 1970. She has held faculty appointments at the University of Edinburgh, Bond University, and at the Universities of Manitoba, Toronto, and Western Ontario.
Features
  • A broad range of learning features and opportunities, including section reviews, graphs and features that draw clear connections between theory and practice.
  • MyLab Economics is a teaching and learning platform providing the power of practice and optimises study time, using personalised study plans, auto-generated tests and assignments and unlimited practice.
Please note: MyLab Economics is available for separate sale or as part of a value pack with the printed text.
Table of contents
  • PART 1 INTRODUCTION
  • 1 Getting Started
  • 2 The Australian and Global Economies
  • 3 The Economic Problem
  • 4 Demand and Supply
  • PART 2 A CLOSER LOOK AT MARKETS
  • 5 Elasticities of Demand and Supply
  • 6 Efficiency and Fairness of Markets
  • PART 3 HOW GOVERNMENTS INFLUENCE THE ECONOMY
  • 7 Government Actions in Markets
  • 8 Taxes
  • 9 Global Markets in Action
  • PART 4 MARKET FAILURE AND PUBLIC POLICY
  • 10 Externalities
  • 11 Public Goods and Common Resources
  • PART 5 A CLOSER LOOK AT DECISION MAKERS
  • 12 Consumer Choice and Demand
  • 13 Production and Cost
  • PART 6 PRICES, PROFITS AND INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • 14 Perfect Competition
  • 15 Monopoly
  • 16 Monopolistic Competition
  • 17 Oligopoly
  • PART 7 INCOMES AND INEQUALITY
  • 18 Markets for Factors of Production
  • 19 Economic Inequality

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