TY  - BOOK
AU  - Glenn; Hubbard, R. 
AU  - O'Brien, Anthony Patrick
TI  - Microeconomics
SN  - 9788131719480
U1  - 338.5 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Noida
PB  -  Pearson Education Pvt. Ltd 
KW  - Microeconomics
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Table of Content
Part I: 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

Part II: Markets in Action

    Externalities, Environmental Policy, and Public Goods
    Elasticity: The Responsiveness of Demand and Supply

Part III: Firms in the Domestic and International Economies

    Firms, the Stock Market, and Corporate Governance
    Comparative Advantage and the Gains from International Trade 

Part IV: Microeconomic Foundations: Consumers and Firms

    Consumer Choice and Behavioral Economics
    Technology, Production, and Costs

Part V: 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

Part VI: Markets for Factors of Production

    The Markets for Labor and Other Factors of Production 

Part VII: Information, Taxes, and the Distribution of Income

    The Economics of Information
    The Tax System and the Distribution of Income


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Hubbard & O'Brien is the only book that motivates students to learn economics through real business examples.  

The #1 question students of economics ask themselves is: "Why am I here, and will I ever use this"?  Hubbard & O'Brien answer this question by demonstrating that real business use economics to make real decisions on a daily basis.  This is motivating to all students, whether they are business majors or not.  All students can relate to businesses they encounter in their lives.   Whether they open an art studio, do social work, trade on Wall Street, work for the government, or bartend at the local pub, students will benefit from understanding the economic forces behind their work

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