Economics : study guide /
Parkin, Powell, Mathews, Economics : study guide
Brian Atkinson ... [et al.]
- 3rd ed.
- Harlow, England : Addison Wesley Longman, c1997
- x, 345 p. ; 26 cm.
Written to compliment the 3rd ed. of Economics by Parkin, Powell and Matthews.
Pt. 1. Introduction. Ch. 1. What is economics. Ch. 2. Making and using graphs. Ch. 3. Production, growth and trade. Ch. 4. Demand and supply. Ch. 5. Elasticity. Ch. 6. Markets in action. - Pt. 2. Markets for goods and services. Ch. 7. Utility and demand. Ch. 8. Possibilities, preferences and choices. Ch. 9. Organizing production. Ch. 10. Output and costs. Ch. 11. Competition. Ch. 12. Monopoly. Ch. 13. Monopolistic competition and oligopoly. - Pt. 3. Markets for factors of production. Ch. 14. Pricing and allocating factors of production. Ch. 15. Labour markets. Ch. 16. Capital and natural resource markets. Ch. 17. Uncertainty and information. - Pt. 4. Markets and government. Ch. 18. Market failure and public choice. Ch. 19. Regulation and privatization. Ch. 20. Externalities, the environment and knowledge. Ch. 21. Inequality, redistribution and welfare. - Pt. 5. Preliminaries and long-term fundamentals. Ch. 22. A first look at macroeconomics. Ch. 23. Measuring GDP, inflation and economic growth. Ch. 24. Employment, unemployment and wages. Ch. 25. Investment, capital and interest. Ch. 26. Long-term economic growth. - Pt. 6. Macroeconomic fluctuations and policies. Ch. 27. Aggregate supply and aggregate demand. Ch. 28. Expenditure multipliers. Ch. 29. The government budget and fiscal policy. Ch. 30. Money. Ch. 31. The central bank and monetory policy. Ch. 32. Inflation. Ch. 33. The business cycle. Ch. 34. Macroeconomics policy challenges. - Pt. 7. The global economy. Ch. 35. Trading with the world. Ch. 36. The balance of payments and the exchange rate. Ch. 37. Emerging economies.
Carefully written to compliment the new edition of Economics by Parkin, Powell and Mathews, the aim of the Study Guide is to reinforce the concepts student learn in the main textbook and to promote their ability to reason on economics issues. The Study Guide aims specifically to help students master their course material, and to succeed in their exams. The many pedagogical features are included to aid student comprehension, to test critical thinking ability and to help overcome some of the problems and dificulties students encounter when they begin a course of economic study. - Back cover.