Principles of Microeconomics
Our Principles of Microeconomics open-text resource is an adaptation of the textbook, Microeconomics: Markets, Methods, and Models. It is intended for a one-semester course and provides concise yet complete coverage of introductory microeconomic theory, application and policy in a Canadian and global environment. It includes an interactive e-textbook, algorithmic assessments powered by a test bank with over 175 unique questions, solution manuals, animated PowerPoint presentations, and real-time performance dashboards to view individual or class performance.
The Principles of Microeconomics resource has been authored by D. Curtis and I. Irvine. It may also be used in a two-semester sequence with the companion textbook, Principles of Macroeconomics. The three introductory chapters are common to both textbooks. To request access to the demo course, click here.
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This textbook is intended for a one-semester course, and can be used in a two-semester sequence with the companion textbook, Principles of Macroeconomics. The three introductory chapters are common to both textbooks.
This adaptation employs methods that use equations sparingly and do not utilize calculus. The key issues in most chapters are analyzed by introducing a numerical example or case study at the outset. Students are introduced immediately to the practice of taking a data set, examining it numerically, plotting it, and again analyzing the material in that form.
The end-of-chapter problems involve numerical and graphical analysis, and a small number of problems in each chapter involve solving simple linear equations (intersecting straight lines). However, a sufficient number of questions is provided for the student to test understanding of the material without working through that subset of questions.
Detailed solutions to exercises are provided at the end of the e-textbook for those adopting the Vretta-Lyryx assessment.