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Intermediate microeconomics : A modern approach

Hal R. Varian
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The Varian approach as mentioned in this paper gives students tools they can use on exams, in the rest of their classes, and in their careers after graduation, and is still the most modern presentation of the subject.
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This best-selling text is still the most modern presentation of the subject. The Varian approach gives students tools they can use on exams, in the rest of their classes, and in their careers after graduation.

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Life history consequences of fixed costs of reproduction

Ingemar Jönsson
- 01 Jan 2000 - 
TL;DR: While some fitness functions do not allow fixed costs of reproduction to affect optimal reproductive effort, others do and increasing fixed costs reduces total fitness and increases the level of investment required to obtain a reproductive profit.
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The behavioral foundations of Austrian economics

TL;DR: The Austrian approach is also based on axiomatic theories of utility maximization, but the assumptions underlying utility-maximizing behavior are much weaker in the Austrian approach as discussed by the authors.
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Elasticity considerations for optimal pricing of networks

TL;DR: Effect of user's elasticity to price and bandwidth on optimality of pricing is considered and two types of elasticity for users are investigated: demand-price elasticity and utility-bandwidth elasticity.

Transgenic wheat : potential price impacts for Canada's wheat export market

TL;DR: Kuntz et al. as mentioned in this paper examined one of the possible outcomes of introducing genetically modified wheat to the western Canadian grain industry and concluded that the introduction of transgenic wheat would result in the loss of ten export markets for Canadian Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat.
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The History of Insurance: Risk, Uncertainty and Entrepreneurship

TL;DR: In this paper, a short review of the history of insurance is presented, which provides a historical perspective on this industry; explain how it has developed with an emphasis on its recent history; and show the relationship between insurance and entrepreneurship.
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