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Parkin/Powell/Matthews economics : study guide / Brian Atkinson.

By: Atkinson, G. B. J.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Harlow, Essex : Pearson, 2000Edition: 4th ed.Description: x, 339 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0201648547.Subject(s): Economics -- Examinations -- Study guidesDDC classification: 330
Contents:
Part 1: Introduction -- Part 2: What is economics? -- Part 3: How markets work -- Part 4: Competition versus monopoly -- Part 5: Resource markets -- Part 6: Market failure and government -- Part 7: Macroeconomics and fundamentals -- Part 8: The central bank and monetary policy -- Part 9: The Euro and the global economy.
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Carefully written to complement the new fourth edition of Economics by Parkin, Powell and Matthews, Economics Study Guide will help introductory economics students master their course material and succeed in their exams.

Part 1: Introduction -- Part 2: What is economics? -- Part 3: How markets work -- Part 4: Competition versus monopoly -- Part 5: Resource markets -- Part 6: Market failure and government -- Part 7: Macroeconomics and fundamentals -- Part 8: The central bank and monetary policy -- Part 9: The Euro and the global economy.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Part 1 Introduction
  • 1 What is Economics?
  • 2 Making and Using Graphs
  • 3 Production, Growth and Trade
  • 4 Demand and Supply
  • 5 Elasticity
  • 6 Markets in Action
  • Part 2 Markets for Goods and Services
  • 7 Utility and Demand
  • 8 Possibilities, Preferences and Choice
  • 9 Organising Production
  • 10 Output and Costs
  • 11 Competition
  • 12 Monopoly
  • 13 Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly
  • Part 3 Markets for Factors of Production
  • 14 Pricing and Allocating Factors of Production
  • 15 Labour Markets
  • 16 Capital and Natural Resource Markets
  • 17 Uncertainty and Information
  • Part 4 Markets and Government
  • 18 Market Failure and Public Choice
  • 19 Regulation and Privatisation
  • 20 Externalities, the Environment and Knowledge
  • 21 Inequality, Redistribution and Welfare
  • Part 5 Preliminaries and Long-term Fundamentals
  • 22 A first look at Macroeconomics
  • 23 Measuring GDP
  • Inflation and Economic Growth
  • 24 Employment, Unemployment and Wages
  • 25 Investment, Capital and interest
  • 26 Long-term Economic Growth
  • Part 6 Macroeconomics Fluctuations and Policies
  • 27 Aggregate Supply and Aggregate Demand
  • 28 Expenditure Multipliers
  • 29 The Government Budget and Fiscal Policy
  • 30 Money
  • 31 The Central Bank and Monetary Policy
  • 32 Inflation
  • 33 The Business Cycle
  • 34 Macroeconomics Policy Challenges
  • Part 7 The Global Economy
  • Emerging Economies