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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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Competing Models of Socially Constructed Economic Man: Differentiating Defoe's Crusoe from the Robinson of Neoclassical Economics

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Explanatory value in context: the curious case of Hotelling’s location model

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Effects of foreign aid predictability on investment and economic growth in Kenya

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