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Intermediate microeconomics : A modern approach
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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.Abstract:
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.read more
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Motivation of sheep to eat clover offered in a short-term closed economy test
TL;DR: In this article, six sheep were trained over a period of 11 weeks to work for a reward of freshly cut clover by walking along a variable length, U-shaped race, and each sheep was tested using three different race lengths (3, 8 or 20m) in random order on three different days.
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Marshallian Surplus for Differentiable Preferences: Partial Equilibrium Approach
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that in one-dimensional case when only price of the good changes, area to the left of Walrasian demand curve every time represents exact, not approximate, change in consumer' indirect money metric utility function, for rather general class of differentiable preferences.
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The Information and Communication Technology and the Tourism Sector
Guido Candela,Paolo Figini +1 more
TL;DR: The economic problem and rationale of tourism firms, tourists, and destinations are affected by the evolution of a complex system of phenomena that in the common language can be defined as Internet Revolution, New Economy, Information Technology (IT), Information and Communication Technology (ICT), etc as discussed by the authors.
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Failures and Interventions on Agricultural Markets at the International, National and Regional Scale
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss market distortions on several scales, such as noncompetitive markets, and failure of otherwise perfectly competitive markets, caused by externalities, failures on other markets that are interlinked with the market under consideration (e.g., credit constraints incurred by smallholders), high transaction costs, public goods, and government failure).
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Economic aspects of building software for service-oriented architectures
TL;DR: The factors that affect profitability in an open market for services are examined, a simple models to predict and explain market growth are built and ways to accelerate this growth are suggested, while also achieving a higher level of economic efficiency.