An Introduction to Economics for Students of Agriculture
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An Introduction to Economics for Students of Agriculture

  1. 356 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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An Introduction to Economics for Students of Agriculture

About this book

The Introduction to Economics for Students of Agriculture describes the universal economic principles, illustrated primarily by examples drawn from farming and the food industry. This book is composed of nine chapters, and begins with what an overview of the concepts of economics, its objective, with a particular emphasis on the mechanism of allocating scarce resources. The succeeding chapters deal with the behavior of individual through the theory of consumer choice, the concept of demand and supply, market competitions, and production economics. These topics are followed by discussions on the mobility of the factors of production and unemployment, and some problems of using the market as a resource allocator. This book will prove useful to economists, agriculturists, and students.

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Information

Publisher
Pergamon
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9780080205106
eBook ISBN
9781483279732
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Business General
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. An Introduction to Economics for Students of Agriculture
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. CHAPTER 1. What is Economics?
  8. CHAPTER 2. Explaining the behaviour of individuals (Theory of Consumer Choice)
  9. CHAPTER 3. Demand and Supply—the price mechanism in a market economy
  10. CHAPTER 4. Markets and competition
  11. CHAPTER 5. Production Economics (Theory of the Firm)
  12. CHAPTER 6. Factors of Production and their rewards (Theory of Distribution)
  13. CHAPTER 7. Some problems of using the market as a resource allocator
  14. CHAPTER 8. Macro-economics—the workings of the whole economy
  15. CHAPTER 9. International Trade
  16. Suggested further reading
  17. Essay questions
  18. Appendix: Suggested answers and explanations for the exercises following each chapter
  19. Index