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byJeffreyM.Perloff,Chapters1-20
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,Tableofcontents
1. Introduction
2. SupplyandDemand
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3. ApplyingtheSupply-and-DemandModel
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4. ConsumerChoice b
5. ApplyingConsumerTheory
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6. FirmsandProduction
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7. Costs
8. CompetitiveFirmsandMarkets b b b
9. ApplyingtheCompetitiveModel
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10. GeneralEquilibriumandEconomicWelfare b b b b
11. Monopoly
12. PricingandAdvertising b b
13. OligopolyandMonopolisticCompetition b b b
14. GameTheory b
15. FactorMarkets b
16. InterestRates,Investments,andCapitalMarkets
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17. Uncertainty
18. Externalities,Open-Access,andPublicGoods b b b b
19. AsymmetricInformation b
20. ContractsandMoralHazards b b b
,Chapter1 b Introduction
1.1 Microeconomics:TheAllocationofScarceResources b b b b b
1) Microeconomics studies thetallocation of b b b
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B) decision science. b
C) scarcity.
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3) Most microeconomic models assume that decision makerstwish to
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A) make themselvestas well off as possible.
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B) act selfishly.
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C) make others as well off as possible.
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D) Nonetoftheabove.tA b b
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4) Society faces trade---‑offs becausetof
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