Microeconomics: Theory and Applications, Eleventh Edition FROM THE PUBLISHER
Ever since Edwin Mansfield pioneered the popular theory-and-application approach with the First Edition of Microeconomics, the text has been a perennial leader in the intermediate microeconomics course field. Starting with the Tenth Edition and continuing with the Eleventh, co-author Gary Yohe has thoroughly revised the text while retaining its traditional strengths. Discussions remain accurate and clear, making use of engaging examples that draw on real-world applications to motivate the presentation of theory. This revitalized classic promises to continue to please instructors and their students.
Author Biography: Edwin Mansfield was a longtime professor of economics at the University of Pennsylvania and director of its Center for Economics and Technology. His textbooks have been a staple in economics courses at thousands of colleges and universities around the world. Gary Yohe is professor of economics at Wesleyan University, where he is an accomplished teacher and researcher. He studied at the University of Pennsylvania, SUNY Stony Brook, and Yale, where he received his Ph.D. For his work in the fields of uncertainty, information, and the economics of global climate change, Professor Yohe was recently ranked among the top researchers in a Journal of Economic Educationsurvey of economics faculty at forty elite liberal arts colleges.
SYNOPSIS
This textbook stresses the role of competitive markets in the promotion of economic efficiency and the effects of government intervention in the marketplace. The tenth edition devotes chapters to the role of risk and uncertainty, strategic behavior, and asymmetric information. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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