TY - BOOK AU - Pindyck,Robert S. AU - Rubinfeld,Daniel L. TI - Microeconomics SN - 0130084611 AV - HB172 .P53 2005 U1 - 338.5 22 PY - 2005///] CY - Upper Saddle River, N.J. PB - Pearson Prentice Hall KW - Microeconomics N1 - Includes bibliographies and index; pt. 1. Introduction: markets and prices -- Preliminaries -- The basics of supply and demand -- pt. 2. Producers, consumers, and competitive markets -- Consumer behavior -- Individual and market demand -- Uncertainty and consumer behavior -- Production -- The cost of production -- Profit maximization and competitive supply -- The analysis of competitive markets -- pt. 3. Market structure and competitive strategy -- Market power: monopoly and monopsony -- Pricing with market power -- Monopolistic competition and oligopoly -- Game theory and competitive strategy -- Markets for factor inputs -- Investment, time, and capital markets -- pt. 4. Information, market failure, and the role of government -- General equilibrium and economic efficiency -- Markets with asymmetric information -- Externalities and public goods ER -