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byJeffreyM.Perloff,Chapters1-20
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,Tableofcontents
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1. Introduction
2. Supply and Demand
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3. Applying the Supply-and-Demand Model
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4. Consumer Choice b
5. Applying Consumer Theory
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6. Firms and Production
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7. Costs
8. Competitive Firms and Markets b b b
9. Applying the Competitive Model
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10. General Equilibrium and Economic Welfare b b b b
11. Monopoly
12. Pricing and Advertising b b
13. Oligopoly and Monopolistic Competition b b b
14. Game Theory b
15. Factor Markets b
16. Interest Rates, Investments, and Capital Markets
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17. Uncertainty
18. Externalities, Open-Access, and Public Goods b b b b
19. Asymmetric Information b
20. Contracts and Moral Hazards b b b
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1.1 Microeconomics: The Allocation of Scarce Resources b b b b b
1) Microeconomics studies the allocation of b b b b
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B) scarce resources. b
C) models.
D) unlimited
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2) Microeconomics is often called b b b
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B) decision science. b
C) scarcity.
D) resource
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3) Most microeconomic models assume that decision makers wish to
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A) make themselves as well off as possible.
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B) act selfishly.
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C) make others as well off as possible.
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4) Society faces trade- ‑offs because of b b b b
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C) faceless bureaucrats. b
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