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LiveEcon Macroeconomics

LiveEcon Microeconomics

LiveEcon Quantitative Methods

 


LiveEcon Macroeconomics
 
Authors: Dr W David McCausland, Dr Jochen Runde, Chris Taylor
LiveEcon Macroeconomics Principles is consistent with most first year university courses, covering the circular flow, closed and open economies.
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. National income and expenditure in the closed economy
  • 3. National income and expenditure in the open economy
  • 4. The goods market and the income multiplier
  • 5. Money and the banking system
  • 6. Demand for money and the rate of interest
  • 7. Introduction to employment and inflation
  • 8. Introduction to economic growth
 
LiveEcon Macroeconomics Intermediate is at a more advanced level, and includes IS, LM and BP curves and aggregate supply and demand
  • 9. Withdrawals, injections and national income
  • 10. The goods market and the IS curve
  • 11. The money market and the LM curve
  • 12. The IS-LM model - closed economy
  • 13. The foreign exchange market and BP curve
  • 14. The IS-LM model - open economy
  • 15. Aggregate demand and supply
  • 16. Aggregate supply and the price level
  • 17. Economic growth and technology
 


   
LiveEcon Microeconomics
 
LiveEcon Microeconomics 2007 - available now
 
Authors: Dr Jochen Runde, Dr Phil Faulkner, Dr Toke Aidt, Dr Simon Taylor
The introductory volume covering demand and supply, markets and game theory.
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. The market: demand, supply and market equilibrium
  • Chapter 3. The market: the price mechanism in action
  • Chapter 4. The demand side: an introduction to consumer theory
  • Chapter 5. The supply side: an introduction to the profit maximising firm
  • Chapter 6. The supply side: industry structure
  • Chapter 7. Game theory
  • Chapter 8. Welfare economics and market failure
 
LiveEcon Microeconomics 2008 - available from October 2008
The full course companion which includes all of Microeconomics 2007 plus additional material on labour market, welfare economics and international trade.
  • Duopoly
  • The Labour Market
  • Risk and Uncertainty
  • Welfare Economics
  • Production and Exchange
  • International Trade

NB: all dates and contents are subject to change


LiveEcon Quantitative Methods

LiveEcon Quantitative Methods 2007 - available October 2007
The introductory volume covering the essentials of mathematics and statistics for economists.
  • Mathematics - Equations and graphs introduction
  • Mathematics - Differentiation and derivatives
  • Mathematics - Rules of differentiation
  • Mathematics - Systems of equations
  • Mathematics - Finance
  • Statistics - Ordinary least squares
  • Statistics - Introduction to statistics
 
LiveEcon Quantitative Methods 2008 - available from 2008
Additional, more advanced material covering mathematics and statistics in more depth.
  • Constrained optimisation
  • Integration
  • Matrices
  • Problems
  • Regression on dummy dependent variable

NB: all dates and contents are subject to change