Intermediate Microeconomics with Microsoft Excel

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Humberto BarretoCambridge University Press, 7/30/2009EAN 9780521899024, ISBN10: 0521899028Hardcover, 592 pages, 25.4 x 18 x 3.8 cmLanguage: EnglishOriginally published in EnglishTh is unique text uses Microsoft Excel® workbooks to instruct students. In addition to explaining fundamental concepts in microeconomic theory, readers acquire a great deal of sophisticated Excel skills and gain the practical mathematics needed to succeed in advanced courses. In addition to the innovative pedagogical approach, the book features explicitly repeated use of a single central methodology, the economic approach. Students learn how economists think and how to think like an economist. With concrete, numerical examples and novel, engaging applications, interest for readers remains high as live graphs and data respond to manipulation by the user. Finally, clear writing and active learning are features sure to appeal to modern practitioners and their students. The website accompanying the text is found at www.depauw.edu/learn/microexcel.IntroductionPart I. The Theory of Consumer Behavior1. Budget constraint2. Satisfaction3. Optimal choice4. Comparative statics5. Endowment models6. Bads7. Search theory8. Behavioral economicsPart II. The Theory of the Firm9. Production function10. Input cost minimization11. Output profit maximization12. Input profit maximization13. Consistency in the theory of the firm14. Monopoly15. Game theoryPart III. The Market System16. Partial equilibrium17. General equilibriumConclusion. Show more