Microeconomics Reader

Zusatztext 'A Microeconomics Reader can therefore serve as a reference for readers who are already significantly advanced in their microeconomics education and seek to complement their knowledge further. It will be favoured by those who prefer to see concepts explained by original authors as well as those looking for a compendium with substantial breadth.' - Maria Kuecken!Paris School of Economics - Paris/ Pantheon-Sorbonne University Informationen zum Autor Tran Huu Dung is Associate Professor of Economics at Wright State University in Dayton! Ohio! USA. He is a specialist in the economies of East Asia! particularly Vietnam. He is also the Managing Editor of the popular web portal Arts & Letters Daily. Klappentext This book draws together the key contributions to the major areas of microeconomic theory from the last few decades. It is intended to provide both undergraduate and graduate students with an essential guide to the current state of the discipline. The articles have been carefully selected not only for the role they have played in the progress of microeconomics! but also for their usefulness and potential to inspire future research. Zusammenfassung This book draws together the key contributions to the major areas of microeconomic theory from the last few decades. It is intended to provide both undergraduate and graduate students with an essential guide to the current state of the discipline. The articles have been carefully selected not only for the role they have played in the progress of microeconomics! but also for their usefulness and potential to inspire future research.The main themes covered include consumer theory! the theory of the firm! the theory of markets! pricing theory! and labor compensation theory! with the common threads of transaction costs! strategic decisions! and information imperfections. Unlike similar anthologies! this Reader also draws attention to methodological issues and heterodox approaches to microeconomics. Amongst those whose works appear here are Gary Becker! George Stigler! Harvey Leibenstein! Ronald Coase! Oliver Williamson! George Akerlof! Joseph Stiglitz! Avinash Dixit and Paul Klemperer.This Reader will be an invaluable resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in economics! as well as casual readers interested in an "insider's view" of the discipline. It serves not only to collect in a single place the most significant papers in economics that have been published in recent decades but also! with several introduction chapters! to give the literature a coherent structure. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction: A Brief Guide to Contemporary Microeconomics Part I: Consumer Theory Part II: Theory of the Firm Part III: Theory of the Market Part IV: Pricing Theory Part V: Labor Compensation Theory ...

Product details

• Authors: Tran Huu Dung, Tran Huu (Wright State University Dung
• Assisted by: Tran Huu Dung (Editor), Dung Tran Huu (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.05.2013
• EAN: 9780415771924
• ISBN: 978-0-415-77192-4
• No. of pages: 608
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Microeconomics, Microeconomics