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, Principles of b
Microeconomics
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Test Item File 2
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Ninth Edition
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Case/Fair/Oste
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Prentice Hall b
c.2009
10/30/0
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8
, Contents
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Chapter 1
b The Scope and Method of Economics
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Chapter 2
b The Economic Problem: Scarcity and Choice
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Chapter 3
b Demand, Supply, and Market Equilibrium
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Chapter 4
b Demand and Supply Applications
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Chapter 5
b Elasticity 117
Chapter 6
b Household Behavior and Consumer Choice
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Chapter 7
b The Production Process: The Behavior of Profit-Maximizing Firms
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Chapter 8
b Short-Run Costs and Output Decisions
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Chapter 9
b Long-Run Costs and Output Decisions
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Chapter 10
b Input Demand: The Labor and Land Markets
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Chapter 11
b Input Demand: The Capital Markets and Investment Decision
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Chapter 12
b General Equilibrium and the Efficiency of Perfect Competition
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Chapter 13
b Monopoly and Antitrust Policy b b b 377
Chapter 14
b Oligopoly 425
Chapter 15
b Monopolistic Competition b 449
Chapter 16
b Externalities, Public Goods, Imperfect Information,
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and Social Choice
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Chapter 17
b Uncertainty and Asymmetric Information b b b 517
Chapter 18
b Income Distribution and Poverty
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Chapter 19
b Public Finance: The Economics of Taxation
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Chapter 20
b International Trade, Comparative Advantage, and Protectionism
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Chapter 21
b Economic Growth in Developing and Transitional Economies
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