Introductory microeconomics/ Gopal Tribedi

Includes index

Introduction -- Demand function -- Supply function -- Theory of market equilibrium -- Applications of market equilibrium theory -- Theory of consumer behaviour -- Applications of consumer behaviour theory -- Allocation of time -- Present versus future consumption -- Production function -- Cost of production -- Equilibrium output of a firm -- Competitive industry -- Monopoly -- Other market forms -- Pricing of factors of production -- Welfare economics in partial equilibrium framework -- Welfare economics in general equilibrium framework

This book contains the teaching material of microeconomics course offered by the author at Utah State University,USA, for several quarters in 1981-84 and 1988-90. It can be used as basic text book of microeconomics, in addition students of professional course like accountancy, agriculture, engineering, finance, secretaryship, trade and other similar fields. The main feature of the book is that it seeks to give students an orientation toward the problem-solving aspect of the discipline. The development of the skill of applying these principles to the problems of daily life in the real world. Application of theoretical tools to real-life problems, amply illustrated in the book, make the subject both lively and useful.