Economics of Resources Agriculture and Food or Consumer Behavior

Economics of Resources, Agriculture, and Food (Agricultural Economics Series)

Author: Wesley D Seitz

This text is intended for students who are interested in learning the principles of economics. It is particularly appropriate for students enrolled in colleges of agriculture and in some of the biological and physical science courses in liberal arts colleges, where a familiarity of agriculture will help enliven examples. Economics of Resources, Agriculture, and Food was developed to present the full range of basic economic theory, which is illustrated with examples from resource, agricultural, and food issues of today. Students who study this text will be prepared to understand the basis for most economic and management decisions.

Table of Contents:

Part 1 Economic Scope, Organization, and Problems of Agriculture

1 Economics of Resources, Agriculture, and Food

Part 2 Microeconomic Concepts

2 Economics of Demand

3 Production Functions and Product Curves

4 Costs, Returns, and Profit Maximization

Part 3 Markets

5 Theory of Markets

6 Multiple Inputs and Outputs

7 Forms of Market Competition

8 International Trade

9 Agribusiness Organization, Management, and Finance

10 Economic Performance of Agribusiness

Part 4 Macroeconomic Relationships

11 Introduction to Macroeconomics

12 Gross Domestic Product and Fiscal Policy

13 Gross Domestic Product and Monetary Policy

14 Gross Domestic Product, International Transactions, and Macroeconomic Policy

Part 5 Public Policy and Agriculture

15 Resource and Environmental Management

16 Agriculture and Development

17 Agricultural Price and Income Policy

18 Putting It All Together: The Economic System

Glossary

Index

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Consumer Behavior: Concepts and Applications

Author: David L L Loudon

Consumer Behavior: Concepts and Applications 4/e is written as an introduction to consumer behavior for the upper-level marketing student,and yet is comprehensive and challenging enough to be used at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. The pedagogical elements of the text include a list of learning objectives and opening vignettes at the start of each chapter,managerial reflections,discussion topics,projects,and end notes.