Principles of Microeconomics with Student Resource Access 12 Mont

Overview:Principles of Microeconomics 6th edition caters for a single semester introductory unit in Microeconomics. The latest edition of this text continues to focus on important concepts and analyses necessary for students in an introductory economics course. In keeping with the authors' philosophy of showing students the power of economic tools and the importance of economic ideas; this edition pays careful attention to regional and global policies and economic issues; such as climate change and resource taxation.Features:Prominent economists with extensive undergraduate teaching experience have written a student-friendly text that explains clearly and explores contemporary issues. Applications and policy appear alongside formal economic theoryNew; ground-up chapter on the GFC written by an Australian economistChapter objectives define and reinforce content; while quick quizzes allow students to check their comprehension after they read each major section. Key concepts are listed at the end of the chapter and defined in the margin to help students grasp new terminology'Ten Lessons from Economics' are outlined in chapter 1 and highlighted throughout the text to remind students that these lessons are the key to most economic analysisEnd-of-chapter Summaries; Questions for Review as well as Problems and Applications to reinforce chapter content and encourage critical thinkingCurrent cases provide practical illustrations of important concepts.'In the News' boxes contain recent news articles that show students how economic ideas shed light on current affairs and provide opportunity for policy analysis'FYI' boxes present additional material designed to enhance the concepts covered in each chapter.Aplia; developed by Paul Romer specifically for economics students; accompanies this text allowing students to practise; revise and see the bigger picture as they do homework and assignmentsCourseMate provides additional practice; a study guide; videos; games; and a graphing toolNew to Edition:"What do Australian Economists think about..." using data from ESA related to current or recent policy issuesMargin icons will be used to integrate text more tightly with the technologyAbout the Authors:Joshua GansJoshua Gans holds the Skoll Chair in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Rotman School of Management; University of Toronto. He studied economics at the University of Queensland and Stanford University. He currently teaches network and digital market strategy. Professor Gans's research ranges over many fields of economics including economic growth; game theory; regulation and the economics of technological change and innovation. His work has been published in academic journals including the American Economic Review; Journal of Economic Perspectives; Journal of Political Economy and the Rand Journal of Economics. Joshua also has written the popular book; Parentonomics (published by MIT Press) and founded the Core Economics blog(economics.com.au). Currently; he is an associate editor at Management Science and the Journal of Industrial Economics. He has also undertaken consulting activities (through his consulting firm; CoRE Research); advising governments and private firms on the impact of microeconomic reform and competition policy in Australia. In 2007; he was awarded the Economic Society of Australia's Young Economist Award for the Australian economist under 40 who has made the most significant contribution to economic knowledge. In 2008; he was elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences Australia. Professor Gans lives in Toronto with his spouse and three children.Stephen King; Ph.D.Stephen King is Professor of Economics at Monash University and a Member of the Economic Regulation Authority of Western Australia. After several years as Dean of the Business Faculty; Stephen has returned to the classroom and is once again teaching first year students. Prior to joining Monash; Stephen was a Commissioner at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Stephen completed his economics degree at the Australian National University; and his PhD at Harvard University in 1991. Stephen has taught a variety of courses; including introductory courses at Harvard University and the University of Melbourne. Stephen specialises in industrial economics; although his research has covered a wide range of areas; including game theory; corporate finance; privatisation and tax policy. His work has been published in academic journals such as the Journal of Industrial Economics; European Economic Review and Journal of Political Economy. Stephen regularly provides advice to both government and private firms on a range of issues relating to regulation and competition Buy now the item at ONLY: 139.95