Principles of Microeconomics
About This Book
Case Study – Beer or Cancer? Interesting things have been happening in the chemistry labs of UVic. Professor Fraser Hof and Philips Brewery chemist Euan Thomson have been collaborating to revolutionize the craft brewing process. The project was inspired by a very different invention from Hof’s lab—the only one of its kind. “We created a tool for profiling the proteins in cancer cells,” said Hof. “And I realized that it could also be used to profile the proteins in brewer’s yeast.” Read more abou
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Chapters | 34 |
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| License | Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Chapters
- Case Study – Beer or Cancer?
- Solutions: Case Study – Beer or Cancer?
- 1.1 What Is Economics, and Why Is It Important?
- Topic 1 References
- Topic 1 Multiple Choice Questions
- Case Study – Brexit
- Solutions: Case Study – Brexit
- Topic 2 References
- Topic 2 Multiple Choice Questions
- Solutions: Case Study – The Housing Market
- Topic 3 References
- Exercises 3.2
- 3.6 Equilibrium and Market Surplus
- 3.4 Building Supply and Producer Surplus
- Introduction to Supply and Demand
- 3.2 Building Demand and Consumer Surplus
- 3.3 Other Determinants of Demand
- 4.3 Relative Elasticity
- Solutions: Case Study – Automation in Fast Food
- Topic 4 References
- 4.4 Introduction to Government Policy
- 4.6 Quantity Controls
- 4.8 Elasticity and Policy
- Introduction to Environmental Protection and Negative Externalities
- Case Study – The Liberal Gas Tax
- 6.4 Building Demand
- Introduction to Consumer Choices
- 6.1 The Budget Line
- Some hate it and some love it, but regardless of how you feel oil is still a key
- 7.1 Building Producer Theory
- 7.3 Producer Theory in the Long Run
- Introduction to Cost and Industry Structure
- Case Study – Diamond’s Demise
- 8.2 Fixing Monopoly