Economics /
Richard G. Lipsey, K. Alec Chrystal.
- Eleventh edition.
- xix, 665 pages : colored illustrations ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Economic issues and concepts -- How economists work -- Demand, supply, and price -- Elasticity of demand and supply -- Consumer choice : indifference theory -- the cost structure of firms -- Perfect competition -- Monopoly -- Imperfect competition -- Demand and supply of inputs -- The labour market -- Capital, investment, and new technology -- Market failure -- The role of government -- Macroeconomic issues and measurement -- A basic model of the determination of GDP in the short term -- GDP in an open economy with government -- GDP and the price level in the short run -- GDP and the price level in the long run -- Money and monetary institutions -- The role of money in macroeconomics -- The balance of payments and exchange rates -- Macroeconomic policy in an open economy -- Inflation -- unemployment -- Economic growth -- International trade.