ECON1001 Principles of Economics (I)

Content

Chapter 1 Economics: Foundations and Models

Three Key Economic Ideas | The Economic Problem That Every Society Must Solve | Economic Models | Microeconomics and Macroeconomics | Economic Skills and Economics as a Career | A Preview of Important Economic Terms

Chapter 3 Where Prices Come From: The Interaction of Demand and Supply

The Demand Side of the Market | The Supply Side of the Market | Market Equilibrium: Putting Demand and Supply Together | The Effect of Demand and Supply Shifts on Equilibrium

Chapter 4 Economic Efficiency, Government Price Setting, and Taxes

Consumer Surplus and Producer Surplus | The Efficiency of Competitive Markets | Government Intervention in the Market: Price Floors and Price Ceilings | The Economic Effect of Taxes

Chapter 6 Elasticity: The Responsiveness of Demand and Supply

The Price Elasticity of Demand and Its Measurement | The Determinants of the Price Elasticity of Demand | The Relationship between Price Elasticity of Demand and Total Revenue | Other Demand Elasticities | Using Elasticity to Analyze the Disappearing Family Farm | Price Elasticity of Supply and Its Measurement

Chapter 8 Firms, the Stock Market, and Corporate Governance

Types of Firms | How Firms Raise Funds | Using Financial Statements to Evaluate a Corporation

Midterm Exam

Chapter 1, 3, 4, 6, and 8

Chapter 9 Comparative Advantage and the Gains from International Trade

The United States in the International Economy | Comparative Advantage in International Trade | How Countries Gain from International Trade | Government Policies That Restrict International Trade | The Debate over Trade Policies and Globalization

Chapter 11 Technology, Production, and Costs

Technology: An Economic Definition | The Short Run and the Long Run in Economics | The Marginal Product of Labor and the Average Product of Labor | The Relationship between Short-Run Production and Short-Run Cost | Graphing Cost Curves | Costs in the Long Run

Chapter 12 Firms in Perfectly Competitive Markets

Perfectly Competitive Markets | How a Firm Maximizes Profit in a Perfectly Competitive Market | Illustrating Profit or Loss on the Cost Curve Graph | Deciding Whether to Produce or to Shut Down in the Short Run | "If Everyone Can Do It, You Can't Make Money at It": The Entry and Exit of Firms in the Long Run | Perfect Competition and Efficiency

Chapter 14 Oligopoly: Firms in Less Competitive Markets

Oligopoly and Barriers to Entry | Game Theory and Oligopoly | Sequential Games and Business Strategy | The Five Competitive Model

Final Exam

Chapter 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, and 14 with emphasis on Chapter 9, 11, 12, and 14