Economics - Couverture rigide

Byrns, Ralph T.; Stone, Gerald W.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0673993167 ISBN 13 : 9780673993168

Editeur : Pearson, 1999

Synopsis

The Sixth Edition continues to provide solid instruction and support for the principles of economics course. A software package, known for its exciting, interactive text-related content can be used both by students and instructors. The inclusion of a unique chapter on health care economics applies standard microeconomic tools to the health care issue and provides a framework for understanding the various policy proposals concerning health care. In addition, the coverage of labor market issues is enhanced throughout the text, starting with a chapter on employment and unemployment that analyzes trends in the 1990s. Labor issues also appear prominently in a discussion of the micro foundations of macroeconomics. This Sixth Edition offers professors and students a complete learning package to enhance the principles of economics course.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Dr. Richard G. Lipsey is currently professor emeritus of economics at Simon Fraser University and Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and member of their large-scale, international research project on Economic Growth and Policy. He is an officer of the Order of Canada, a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Econometric Society and a past president of the Canadian Economic Society and the Atlantic Economic Society. He also holds honorary doctorates from the Universities of McMaster, Victoria, Carleton, Queen's, Toronto, Guelph, Western Ontario, Essex (England) and UBC. Dr. Lipsey received his B.A. from UBC., M.A. from Toronto and PhD from London School of Economics.

 

Christopher Ragan is an Associate Professor of Macroeconomics and Economic Policy at McGill University.  He received his Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  He has served as Special Advisor for the Bank of Canada in Ottawa and as Associate Dean of Arts for McGill University.  He is currently the Editor in Chief of World Economic Affairs.

 

Paul Storer received his Ph.D. in 1992 from the University of Western Ontario. Prior to joining Western in 1996, he served as an economist for the Bank of Canada and as a faculty member at the University of Quebec at Montreal. Storer's teaching and research interests include macroeconomics, money and banking, labor, and Canadian economic policy and issues. His current research focuses on economic integration in North America and on the economics of education. In 1997, 2001, and 2004 he received the CBE Dean's research award. He received the 2004 “Excellence in Teaching Award, one of two awarded each year by the University.

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Sixth Edition continues to provide solid instruction and support for the principles of economics course. A software package, known for its exciting, interactive text-related content can be used both by students and instructors. The inclusion of a unique chapter on health care economics applies standard microeconomic tools to the health care issue and provides a framework for understanding the various policy proposals concerning health care. In addition, the coverage of labor market issues is enhanced throughout the text, starting with a chapter on employment and unemployment that analyzes trends in the 1990s. Labor issues also appear prominently in a discussion of the micro foundations of macroeconomics. This Sixth Edition offers professors and students a complete learning package to enhance the principles of economics course.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pearson
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0673993167
• ISBN 13: 9780673993168
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 6
• Nombre de pages: 872
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Riccardo Bacigalupo; riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it; ; Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �; Milano; 20135; Italie