Microeconomics category: 693 books

Taiwan Electronics produces three models of CB radios, A, B, and C. The estimated demand for the three models is 10,000, 12,000, and 7,000 units, respectively. The radios can be produced on one of four available production lines: Q, R, S, and T, whose production capacities are: 6,000, 15,000, 20,000...

In Lifecycle Events and Their Consequences: Job Loss, Family Change, and Declines in Health, editors Kenneth A. Couch, Mary C. Daly, and Julie Zissimopoulos bring together leading scholars to study the impact of unexpected life course events on economic welfare. The contributions in this volume explore...

Male sex work generates sales in excess of one billion dollars annually in the United States. Recent sex scandals involving prominent leaders and government shutdowns of escort websites have focused attention on this business, but despite the attention that comes when these scandals break, we know...

This book gives the historical development, explanations of technical specifications, and a basic understanding of how to use different equilibrium models in an applied framework. It contains an accessible analytical survey of economic equilibrium models, including multi-sector programming models...

Although political rhetoric and public perception continue to assume that the United States is the very definition of a free market economy, a different system entirely has in actuality come to prominence over the past half century. This Corporate Welfare Economy (CWE) has come about as government...

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Diploma Thesis from the year 2011 in the subject Economics - Micro-economics, grade: 2,0, Humboldt-University of Berlin (Wirtschaftstheorie II), course: VWL - Mikroökonomie, Industrial Organization, language: English, abstract: ...Farell and Shapiro state that there is no necessity for mergers as...

In the Netherlands, the election programmes of the political parties are assessed for their economic impact by an independent economic bureau. The result of this analysis is published just before the elections take place. In this way, the voter will be protected against political parties that try...

Given cellar capacity constraints, The Kalamazoo Brewing Company (KBC) currently sells its microbrews in a seven-state area. The company’s marketing department has collected data from its distributors at each state. Data on the quantity and price (per case) of microbrews sold in the state of Ohio,...

This short book offers a rigorous yet user-friendly introductory guide for students who need to grasp the essential concepts of economics quickly. It provides a serious, clearly understandable and systematic account of the key elements of economics, with a focus on theory and principles. The...

"Supply and demand curves can be used to show the effects of charging market conditions. The diagram below shows hypothetical supply and demand curves for oak flooring. Use the diagram to answer the questions that follow. "

"a. What might be included in the “total cost” of acquiring and watching a movie on DVD? What about the “total cost” of seeing a movie at the multiplex? b. Do you have any advice for your friend regarding her consumption of movies? "

This book brings together a collection of empirical case studies featuring a wide spectrum of medical innovation. While there is no unique pathway to successful medical innovation, recurring and distinctive features can be observed across different areas of clinical practice. This book examines why...

Explain what appears to be the improved trade-off between inflation and unemployment in the U.S.  What factors might improve the trade-off?  What factors would make it worse?