a ISBN 0-19-925784-1

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Classification number HB171

b Item number .L715 2005

a Personal name Lipsey, Richard G.,

d Dates associated with a name 1928-

a Title Economics /

c Statement of responsibility, etc [Richard G.] Lipsey & [K. Alec] Chrystal.

h Medium BOOK

a Place of publication, distribution, etc Oxford ;

a Place of publication, distribution, etc New York :

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Oxford University Press,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc c2005.

a Extent xix, 699 p. :

b Other physical details col. ill. ;

c Dimensions 26 cm.

a General note Rev. ed. of: Principles of economics / Richard G. Lipsey and K. Alec Chrystal. 9th ed. 1999.

a General note Various multi-media instructional aids are available to supplement the text.

a Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references and index.

a Summary, etc This fully updated and revised edition provides Economics students with a clear and comprehensive introduction to the principles of both macroeconomics and microeconomics. The macro sections include more focus on economic growth and contain a variety of global examples including development and the world trading system, the Japanese economy, EU monetary and fiscal policies and transition economies. The micro sections give more prominence to game theory and strategic interaction and include topics such as optimization of agents, market failure and the role of government, asymmetric information and incentives, and risk management. The clear full-colour layout and enhanced pedagogical features help guide the introductory student through the material. Pedagogy for this edition includes chapter learning objectives, chapter introductions, case studies, chapter summaries, end of chapter questions and a glossary. Nwe to this edition are: new examples, including: coffee prices, museum charges, MPC paper on how interest rates work, globalization and poverty, economics of HIV/Aids and economics of tropical rain forests; economic growth is given more prominence in the Macroeconomics section; game theory and strategic interaction are given more prominence in the Microeconomics section; new case studies on: Argentina and asset price bubbles; and, updated sections on: Japan and EU monetary and fiscal policies. This edition has a companion web site which contains a high quality, full supplementary package for lecturers and students, including instructor's manual, computerised testbank, PowerPoint slides and web links.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Economics.

a Personal name Chrystal, K. Alec,

d Dates associated with a name 1946-

a Personal name Lipsey, Richard G.,

d Dates associated with a name 1928-