Principles of Microeconomics
First Canadian Edition

by
Karl E. Case
Ray C. Fair
J. Frank Strain
Michael R. Veall

Welcome to the Prentice Hall Canada online study guide for Principles of Microeconomics.

Select a chapter: 1: The Scope and Method of Economics 2: The Economic Problem: Scarcity and Choice 3: The Structure of the Canadian Economy: The Private, Public, and International Sectors 4: Demand, Supply and Market Equilibrium 5: The Price System, Supply and Demand, and Elasticity 6: Household Behaviour and Consumer Choice 7: The Behaviour of Profit-Maximizing Firms and the Production Process 8: Short-Run Costs and Output Decisions 9: Costs and Output Decisions in the Long Run 10: Input Demand: The Labour and Land Markets 11: The Capital Market and the Investment Decision 12: General Equilibrium and the Efficiency of Perfect Competition 13: Monopoly 14: Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly 15: Competition Policy and Regulation in Canada 16: Externalities, Public Goods, Imperfect Information, and Social Choice 17: Income Distribution and Poverty 18: Public Finance: The Economies of Taxation 19: The Economics of Labour Markets and Labour Unions 20: Current Problems in Applied Microeconomics: Health Care and Immigration 21: International Trade, Comparative Advantage, and Protectionism 22: Economic Growth in Developing Countries 23: Economies in Transition and Alternative Economic Systems