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by Jeffrey M. Perloff, Chapters 1 - 20
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,Table of contents
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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 sj
5. Applying Consumer Theory
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6. Firms and Production
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7. Costs
8. Competitive Firms and Markets sj sj sj
9. Applying the Competitive Model
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10. General Equilibrium and Economic Welfare sj sj sj sj
11. Monopoly
12. Pricing and Advertising sj sj
13. Oligopoly and Monopolistic Competition sj sj sj
14. Game Theory sj
15. Factor Markets sj
16. Interest Rates, Investments, and Capital Markets
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17. Uncertainty
18. Externalities, Open-Access, and Public Goods sj sj sj sj
19. Asymmetric Information sj
20. Contracts and Moral Hazards sj sj sj
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1.1 Microeconomics: The Allocation of Scarce Resources sj sj sj sj sj
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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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