Microeconomics category: 693 books

The belief that men and women have fundamentally distinct natures, resulting in divergent preferences and behaviours, is widespread*.* Recently, economists have also engaged in the search for gender differences, with a number claiming to find fundamental gender differences regarding risk-taking, altruism,...

Optimal vorbereitet in die Vorlesung Die erste Vorlesung zu einem neuen Thema ist stets ein Sprung ins kalte Wasser, denn Studierende werden darin mit neuen Begriffen, Methoden und Denkweisen konfrontiert. Der Brückenkurs vermittelt vorab Wissenswertes zur Mikroökonomie. Kreuzworträtsel...

Since Aristotle, many different theories of distributive justice have been proposed, by philosophers as well as social scientists. The typical approach within social choice theory is to assess these theories in an axiomatic way – most of the time the reader is confronted with abstract reasoning...

Atlantis is a small, isolated island in the South Atlantic.  The inhabitants grow potatoes and catch fresh fish.  The accompanying table shows the maximum annual output combinations of potatoes and fish that can be produced.  Obviously, given their limited resources and available technology,...

You are the economic consultant to the 5 perfectly competitive firms below. You must advise them on the appropriate action  whether to continue, increase output, decrease output or to shut down to take in the short-run in order to maximize profits and minimize losses. Make your suggestions using the appropriate symbols.

'It is going to change the way in which we understand many modern debates about economics, politics, and society' Ha Joon Chang, author of 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism Over the past fifty years, the way we value what is 'good' and 'right' has changed dramatically. Behaviour...

Research on Economic Inequality, volume 26, primarily contains papers presented at the 8th Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ) meeting. The papers cover such topics as the effect of inheritance taxation on the "pre-distribution" of income, and tax progressivity under alternative...

Which type of monopoly would be regulated with rate-of-return regulation? Draw a graph showing a monopolists cost curves, demand and marginal revenue curves and the price and quantities produced under this type of regulation.

Authors Foley, Michl, and Tavani offer a major revision of an established textbook on the theory, measurement, and history of economic growth, with new material on climate change, corporate capitalism, and innovation.

The diagram below shows the budget line and the indifference map of a consumer for two products, food and clothing.

Measuring quality of life has been identified as fundamental in assessing the relative progress of societies and as having relevance for both monitoring and policy-making purposes. Self-reported measures of well-being, referred to as subjective well-being, have become increasingly topical given the...

As existing buildings age, nearly half of all construction activity in Britain is related to maintenance, refurbishment and conversions. Building adaptation is an activity that continues to make a significant contribution to the workload of the construction industry. Given its importance to sustainable...

This work comes under the scope of the growing scientific debate as it strives to better understand the phenomenon of control in relations between businesses and in supply relations in particular. This understanding is extremely useful today, given the increasingly widespread creation of non-competitive relations between businesses.

Seminar paper from the year 2000 in the subject Economics - Micro-economics, grade: 1,7 (A-), Royal Holloway, University of London (Department of Economics), course: Public Economics, 10 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: This essay is meant to give a brief overview of Cost-benefits-Analysis...