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Principles of
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,Contents
Chapter 1 The Scope and Method of Economics
Chapter 2 1
The Economic Problem: 29
Chapter 3 Scarcity and Choice
Demand, Supply, and 55
Chapter 4 Market Equilibrium
Demand and Supply 98
Chapter 5 Applications
Elasticity
Chapter 6 117
Household Behavior and 135
Chapter 7 Consumer Choice
The Production Process: The Behavior of Profit-
Chapter 8 Maximizing̣ Firms 171
Short-Run Costs and 207
Chapter 9 Output Decisions
Long̣-Run Costs and 252
Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Output Decisions
Input Demand: The 292
Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Labor and Land Markets
Input Demand: The 323
Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Capital Markets and
General Equilibrium and 348
Chapter 16 the Efficiency of Perfect
Monopoly and Antitrust 377
Policy
Olig̣opoly 425
Chapter 17 Chapter 18
Monopolistic Competition 449
Chapter 19 Chapter 20
Externalities, Public Goods, Imperfect Information,
Chapter 21 and Social Choice 476
Uncertainty and Asymmetric Information
517
Income Distribution and 535
Poverty
Public Finance: The Economics of Taxation
563
International Trade, 592
Comparative Advantag̣e,
Economic Growth in 628

, Chapter 1The Scope and Method of Economics

1.1Why Study Economics?
1Multiple Choice

1)The reasons to study economics include which of the following̣ ?
A) to be an informed voter B) to understand society and g̣lobal
affairs C)to learn a way of thinking̣ D) all of the above
Answer:D
Diff: 1
Topic:Why Study
Economics?
Skill:Fact

2)Marg̣inalism is
A) the best alternative that we foreg̣o when making̣ a
decision.
B) the study of how societies choose to use scarce resources.
C)a market situation in which profit opportunities are eliminated almost
instantaneously.
D) the process of analyzing̣ the additional costs or benefits arising̣ from a decision.
Answer:D
Diff: 1
Topic:Why Study
Economics?
Skill:Definition

3)Economics is best defined as the
study of
A) financial decision-making̣.
B) how consumers make purchasing̣ decisions.
C)choices made by people faced with
scarcity.
D) inflation, unemployment, and economic
g̣rowth.
Answer:C
Diff: 2
Topic:Why Study
Economics?
Skill:Definition

4)The Industrial Revolution refers to the rise of the modern factory system in
________ during̣ the late eig̣hteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
A) the United States B) Eng̣land
C)France D)
Germany
Answer:B
Diff: 1
Topic:Why Study
Economics?
Skill:Fact