Microeconomics
by Austan Goolsbee, Steven Levitt, Chad Syverson
4th Edition
Publisher: Worth Publishers
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9781319330576 |
| eText ISBN | 9781319527433 |
| Publisher | Worth Publishers |
| Publishing Year | 2024 |
| Edition | 4th Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 636 |
Microeconomics (4th Edition) by Austan Goolsbee, Steven Levitt, and Chad Syverson provides a structured framework for students in intermediate microeconomics courses. Published by Worth Publishers, this textbook bridges theoretical models and practical applications, helping learners connect economic concepts with real-world decision-making.
The material develops across balanced theoretical arcs. Initial chapters examine supply and demand principles, methods for analyzing markets, consumer behavior, and market demand functions. The narrative then shifts to firm decisions, addressing producer behavior, short-run and long-run cost structures, supply in a competitive market, and factor markets.
Carrying a 2024 copyright date, this edition supports core undergraduate instructional needs. It offers focused practice for intermediate economics students preparing to evaluate individual choices, firm strategies, and broader market mechanisms.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Adventures in Microeconomics
Chapter 2: Supply and Demand
- • Appendix 2A (Achieve only) The Calculus of Equilibrium and Elasticities
Chapter 3: Using Supply and Demand to Analyze markets
- • Appendix 3A (Achieve only) The Calculus of Consumer and Producer Surplus
Chapter 4: Consumer Behavior
- • Appendix 4A The Calculus of Utility Maximization and Expenditure Minimization
- • Appendix 4B (Achieve only) The Mathematics of Utility Functions
Chapter 5: Individual and Market Demand
- • Appendix 5A The Calculus of Utility Maximization and Expenditure Minimization
- • Appendix 5B (Achieve only) The Calculus of Demand
Chapter 6: Producer Behavior
- • Appendix 6A The Calculus of Cost Minimization
- • Appendix 6B (Achieve only) The Calculus of Production Functions
Chapter 7: Costs
- • Appendix 7A The Calculus of a Firms Cost Structure
- • Appendix 7B (Achieve only) The Calculus of a Firms Cost Structure Expanded
Chapter 8: Supply in a Competitive Market
- • Appendix 8A (Achieve only) The Calculus of Long-Run Competitive Equilibria
Chapter 9: Market Power and Monopoly
- • Appendix 9A The Calculus of Profit Maximization
Chapter 10: Pricing Strategies for Firms with Market Power
- • Appendix 10A (Achieve only) The Calculus of Price Strategies
Chapter 11: Imperfect Competition
- • Appendix 11A (Achieve only) The Calculus of Cournot and Differentiated Bertrand Competition Equilibrium
Chapter 12: Game Theory
- • Appendix 12A (Achieve only) The Mathematics of Mixed Strategies in Game Theory
Chapter 13: Factor Markets
Chapter 14: Investment, Time, and Insurance
Chapter 15: General Equilibrium
Chapter 16: Asymmetric Information
Chapter 17: Externalities
Chapter 18: Behavioral and Experimental Economics
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