Readings in Microeconomics

William Breit, Harold M. Hochman

Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971 - Business & Economics - 570 pages

Contents

• The Method of Economic Analysis: 21
• Assumptions in Economic Theory: 48
• Utility Theory and Consumers Surplus: 57
• Professor Hicks Revision of Demand Theory: 77
• Bandwagon Snob and Veblen Effects in the Theory: 111
• The Basis of Some Recent Advances in the Theory: 131
• The Division of Labor Is Limited by the Extent of: 140
• The Short Run Revisited: 149
• Costs and Outputs: 159
• A Nonmathematical: 172
• The Polar Cases of Competition and Monopoly: 197
• The Concept of Monopoly and the Measurement of Monopoly: 207
• Imperfect Competition: 222
• A Suggested Treatment: 235
• The Plateau Demand Curve and Utility Theory: 248
• MultiplePlant Firms Cartels and Imperfect: 262
• Applications to Problems of Resource Allocation: 305
• An Economic Approach: 339
• Price Discrimination in Medicine: 370
• Microeconomics of Income Distribution: 397
• A Reformulation of Naive Profit Theory: 411
• A Suggested: 423
• The Effects of Unions on Resource Allocation: 444
• General Equilibrium Welfare Economics and Public Goods: 453
• The Problem of Social Cost: 484
• The Anatomy of Market Failure: 518
• Diagrammatic Exposition of a Theory of Public: 538
• An Economic Theory of Clubs: 547
• Inder: 557

Bibliographic information

• Title: Readings in Microeconomics; Economic Series Holt, Rinehart and Winston Series in Economics; Economic Series: Dryden Press; Economic series
• Editors: William Breit, Harold M. Hochman
• Compiled by: William Breit, Harold M. Hochman
• Edition: 2, illustrated
• Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971
• Original from: Cornell University
• Digitized: Jun 25, 2009
• ISBN: 0030848695, 9780030848698
• Length: 570 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Economics / Microeconomics