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Principles of Microeconomics: Course Structure, Topics, and Study Guide

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Introduction to Economics

Microeconomics vs. Macroeconomics

Production Possibilities Frontier (PPF) - Introduction and Productive Efficiency

PPF - Increasing Marginal Opportunity Costs and Allocative Efficiency

The Demand Curve

Shifts in the Demand Curve

Movement Along a Demand Curve

The Supply Curve

Shifts in the Supply Curve

Movement Along a Supply Curve

Market Equilibrium

Using the Supply and Demand Curves to Find Equilibrium

Supply and Demand: Quantitative Analysis

Consumer Surplus and Willingness to Pay

Producer Surplus and Willingness to Sell

Economic Surplus and Efficiency

Price Ceilings, Price Floors, and Black Markets

Introducing Taxes and Tax Incidence

Effects of Taxes on a Market

Percentage Change and Price Elasticity of Demand

Price Elasticity of Demand on a Graph

Elasticity and the Midpoint Method

Determinants of Price Elasticity of Demand

Total Revenue Test

Total Revenue Along a Linear Demand Curve

Cross-Price Elasticity of Demand

Income Elasticity of Demand

Price Elasticity of Supply

Revenue, Cost, and Profit

The Production Function and Diminishing Returns

Graphing Costs

The Relationship Between Average Cost and Marginal Cost

Average Total Cost: Short Run and Long Run

Marginal Cost

Introduction to the Four Market Models

Characteristics of Perfect Competition

Revenue in Perfect Competition

Perfect Competition Profit on the Graph

Short Run Shutdown Decision

Long Run Entry and Exit Decision

Individual Supply Curve in the Short Run and Long Run

Market Supply Curve in the Short Run and Long Run

Long Run Equilibrium

Perfect Competition and Efficiency

Characteristics of Monopolistic Competition

Revenue in Monopolistic Competition

Monopolistic Competition Profit on the Graph

Monopolistic Competition in the Long Run

Efficiency in Monopolistic Competition

Four Market Model Summary: Monopolistic Competition

Characteristics of Oligopoly

One-Time Games and the Prisoner's Dilemma

Game Theory and Oligopoly Profit

Four Market Model Summary: Oligopoly

Characteristics of Monopoly

Monopoly Revenue

Monopoly Profit on the Graph

Monopoly Efficiency and Deadweight Loss

Price Discrimination

Antitrust Laws and Government Regulation of Monopolies

The Production Function and Marginal Revenue Product

Demand for Labor in Perfect Competition

Shifts in Labor Demand

Supply of Labor in Perfect Competition

Shifts in Labor Supply

Differences in Wages

Unions

Other Factors of Production: Land and Capital

Monopsony

Income Inequality in the USA and Worldwide

Poverty

Polices to Reduce Poverty

Lorenz Curve and Gini Coefficient

Public Goods: Demand Curve and Optimal Quantity

Externalities: Social Benefits and Social Costs

Public Solutions to Externalities

The Free Rider Problem and the Tragedy of the Commons

Exporting and Importing

Sources of Comparative Advantage

Tariffs on Imports

Import Quotas and VERs

Arguments Against International Trade