Economic Analysis & Canadian Policy 6th edition [Hardback]

ContentsPart One Economics and the Market Place 1 Economics: The
Analysis of Choice What is Economics? Basic Economic
Decisions Economic Systems Appendix: Economics and the
Use of Graphs 2 Economic Analysis and Economic Policy
Normative and Positive Economics Scientific Method in Economics
Difficulties with measurement Some Basic Concepts
Microeconomics and Macroeconomics 3 Demand, Supply, and Market Prices
Demand for Consumer Goods and Services Totai Market Demand
Elasticity: Sensitivity to Price Changes Supply of Consumer
Goods and Services Price Determined by Supply and Demand
Interdependence of Markets Appendix: Further Elasticity Cases
4 Government in the Market Economy Limitations of the Market System
Government in the Market Economy Using the Price
Mechanism for Public Policies Part Two The Canadian Economy 5 Inflation,
Unemployment, and National income Canada's Economic Goals
Inflation and Price Stability Unemployment and Full Employment
Economic Growth and National Income National Income and
Expenditure Accounts Real Income per Capita 6 Aggregate
Expenditure and National Income National Income in Classical
Economics Keynesian Model of National Income Determination
Consumption Spending Other Spending Components Toward
Equilibrium National Income Moving the Equilibrium Level
The Multiplier The Acceleration Principle National Income
at Full Employment The Inflation and Unemployment Dilemma 7
Money and Banking in Canada What is Money? Canadian
Banking System Expansion and Contraction of Bank Deposits
Techniques for Regulating the Money Supply 8 Money and National Income
Money in Classical Economics The Demand for Money
Determination of the Rate of Interest Money, Interest Rate, and
Aggregate Demand Appendix: General Equilibrium In the Real and
Monetary Sectors 9 Fiscal Policy and the Public Debt The
Inflation-Unemployment Trade-Off Fiscal Policy Budget
Deficits Fiscal Policy in Canada The Public Debt 10
Monetary Policy and the Foreign Exchange Rate Monetary Policy
Foreign Exchange Rates Money Supply and Foreign Exchange Rates
Canada's Exchange Rate Policy Canadian Experience with
Monetary Policy Appendix: Reforming the International Monetary
System 14 Economics of the Public Sector Government
Expenditures Taxation Taxation in Canada Fiscal
Federalism and Intergovernmental Transfers Part Three Consumers and
Producers 15 Consumer Demand Marginal Utility and Consumer
Decisions Consumer Surplus Substitution and Income
Effects Consumer Expenditure Patterns Appendix:
Indifference Analysis of Consumer Decisions 16 Production Costs
What Are Costs? Short-Run Production and Costs
Long-Run Production and Costs 17 Supply Decisions in Competitive Markets
Market Structure Perfect Competition Output and
Price under Perfect Competition 18 Monopoly and Imperfect
Competition Pure Monopoly Price Discrimination
Monopolistic Competition Oligopoly 19 Evaluation of Market
Structures Performance of Firms Models of Firms'
Behaviour: A Critique 20 Industrial Organization and Public Policy
Industrial Organization in Canada Type of Firms Public
Policy on Industrial Organization Public Policy on Monopoly and
Oligopoly Public Control of Natural Monopolies Public
Support for Restricted Competition 21 Economics of the Natural Resource
Industries Significance of the Natural Resource Industries
Agriculture Forestry Fishing Mining
Oil and Natural Gas Foreign Ownership and Control of Canadian
IndustryPart Four Distribution of Incomes 22 Demand for Factor Services
Demand for Factor Services: The Marginal Productivity Theory
Imperfect Competition in the Product Market Profit Maximizing and
Cost Minimizing 23 Labour Markets and Wages Wages and Wage
Rates The Supply of Labour Wage Determination under
Perfect Competition Wage Determination under Imperfect Competition
The Structure of Wages in Canada Appendix: The
Labour/Leisure Choice Model 24 Labour Unions and Collective
Bargaining Size and Structure of Unions in Canada Union
Goals Union Techniques and Tactics Collective Bargaining
Procedures Union Effects on Labour Markets Labour
Legislation in Canada 25 Rent, interest, and Profit Rent and
Land Interest and Capital Profit and the Entrepreneur
26 income Distribution in Canada Income Distribution
among Productive Factors Personal Distribution of Income
Poverty Anti-Poverty Programs and Proposals 27 Regional Income
Disparity Regional Income Differences in Canada Policies
and Programs to Reduce Regional DisparityGlossary Index