The Undercover Economist, 2nd edition by Tim Harford PDF free download

Topics: public sector economics, market efficiency, market failure, public goods, welfare economics, equity, public expenditure theory, public choice, social insurance, taxation, tax incidence, economic efficiency, optimal taxation, capital taxation, personal income tax, corporation income tax, tax system, intergovernmental fiscal relations, subnational taxes, subnational expenditures, fiscal deficits, government debt

Topics: Economics, theory of competitive markets, market failure, public goods, common resources, merit goods, firm behaviour, market structures, monopoly, Firms’ production decisions, monopolistic competition, Oligopoly, Contestable markets, Income inequality, poverty, Heterodox economics, production, growth, unemployment, labour market, Long-run macroeconomics, Saving, investment, financial system, monetary system, Open-economy macroeconomics, Short-run economic fluctuations, Keynesian economics, Aggregate demand, aggregate supply, Supply-side policies, International macroeconomics

Topics: International Economics, scale economics, imperfect competition, trade, pushing exports, trade blocs, trade blocks, multinationals, international factor movements, foreign exchange, international financial investment, international lending, financial crises, floating exchange rates, internal balance, demand, supply, Community Indifference Curves

Topics: productivity, human capital, information, financial markets, organized interests, federal reserve, international economics, trade, globalization, development economics, Naked Economics

Topics: Economics, Mathematical Models, Mathematical Economics, econometrics, Nonmathematical Economics, Algebraic Methods, Constant Function, sets, polynomial functions, rational functions, Transcendental Functions, matrix algebra, matrices, Linear-Equation System, Matrix Inversion, Cramer’s Rule, Differential Calculus, Rules of Differentiation, Integral Calculus, Indefinite Integrals, Rules of Integration

Topics: Comparative Statics, Paradigm of Economics, Economics, Marginalist Paradigm, Refutable Propositions, Theories Versus Models, Calculus, Functions of Several Variables, Functions, Partial Derivatives, The Chain Rule, Level Curves, Profit Maximization, Matrices, Determinants, Comparative Statics, Envelope Theorem, Duality, Cost Functions, Cost, Production Functions, Consumer Demand Functions, Consumer Theory, Intertemporal Choice, Behavior Under Uncertainty, Inequality and Nonnegativity Constraints, Contracts and Incentives, Imperfect Information, Markets, General Equilibrium, Welfare Economics, Optimal Control Theory

Topics: public finance, public policy, budget analysis, deficit financing, externalities, public goods, cost-benefit analysis, political economy, state expenditures, local government expenditures, education, social insurance, social security, unemployment, insurance, disability insurance, worker's compensation, health insurance, health economics, private health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, health care reform, taxation

Topics: Public Finance, welfare economics, market failure, public goods, public choice, externalities, political economy, direct democracy, representative democracy, education, public pending, cost-benefit analysis, present value, benefit-cost ration, private sector project evaluation, social discount rate, public expenditure, social insurance, income maintenance, health care market, health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, health care reform, social security, income redistribution, distribution of income, expenditure incidence, income maintenance, work incentives, earned income tax credit, supplemental security income, unemployment insurance, food stamps, child nutrition, housing assistance, taxation, income distribution, Partial Equilibrium Models, Optimal Commodity Taxation, Optimal Income Taxation, United states revenue system, personal income tax, income, personal taxation, labor supply, saving, Portfolio Composition, corporation tax, State Corporation Taxes, Corporation Tax Reform, deficit finance, Retail Sales Tax, Value-Added Tax, Hall-Rabushka Flat Tax, wealth taxes, multigovernment public finance, property tax, Intergovernmental Grants

Topics: Public finance, revenue control, Public finance, welfare economics, Pure Economy Exchange, Pareto Efficiency, Production Possibility Curve, Production Production Possibility Frontier, Market Failure

Topics: Microeconomics, limits, alternatives, choices, market system, circular flow, price, quantity, efficiency, demand, supply, market equilibrium, market failure, public goods, externalities, government failure, consumer behavior, elasticity, utility maximization, Behavioral Economics, Cost of Production, Competition, Monopoly, Monopolistic Competition, Oligopoly, Strategic Behavior, Technology, Efficiency, Wage Determination, Rent, Interest, Profit, Natural Resource, Energy Economics, Public Finance, Expenditures, Taxes, Antitrust Policy, Regulation, Agriculture, Income Inequality, Poverty, Discrimination, Health Care, Immigration, International Economics, International Trade, Balance of Payments, Exchange Rates, Trade Deficits, Developing Countries

Topics: Industrial Economics, Industrial structure, firm, Diversification, innovation, Investment economics, risk, uncertainty, cost of capital, Sources of finance, Industrial pricing, marketing, pricing, marketing public goods, Government intervention, public policy, industrial location, Investment demand

Topics: models, economics, Market equilibrium, tax, Sets, Functions, Graphs, equations, Sequences, Limits, first-order recurrence, elements of finance, Interest, capital growth, cobweb model, calculus, special function, Powers, exponential function, logarithm function, Trigonometrical, Elasticity of demand, 2 Profit maximisation, derivative in economics, derivatives, Matrices, Equations, Vectors, preferences, convexity

Topics: Supply, Demand, Decision Making, economics, consumer, Economic Models, Trade-offs, Trade, Producer Surplus, Price Controls, Elasticity, Taxes, International Trade, Present Value, Rational Consumer, Consumer Preferences, Consumer Choice, production decision, Supply Curve, Perfect Competition, market structure, Monopoly, Oligopoly, Monopolistic Competition, Product Differentiation, microeconomics, public policy, Externalities, Public Goods, Common Resources, Welfare State, Factor Markets, Distribution of Income, Indifference Curve Analysis, labor supply, Uncertainty, Risk, Private Information, Macroeconomics, gross domestic product, Unemployment, Inflation, Long-Run Economic Growth, Savings, Investment Spending, Financial System, Short-Run Economic Fluctuations, Income, Expenditure, Aggregate Demand, Aggregate Supply, Stabilization Policy, Fiscal Policy, Money, Banking, Federal Reserve System, Monetary Policy, Inflation, Disinflation, Deflation, Events, Ideas, Open-Economy Macroeconomics, Open Economy, Macroeconomic Data Tables

Topics: demand, supply, Elasticity of Demand, Elasticity of Supply, Consumer Behaviour, Production Theory, Cost Theory, production, cost, Perfect Competition, monopoly, Monopolistic Competition, Oligopoly

Topics: opportunity cost, economic analysis, economic reasoning, demand, supply, Quantification, taxation, producer theory, trade, consumer theory, general equilibrium, monopoly, Imperfect Competition, game theory, Games, Strategic Behaviour

Topics: Econometrics, linear regression, linear regression mode, hypothesis testing, Heteroskedasticity, Autocorrelation, OLS estimator, Endogenous Regressors, Instrumental Variables, instrumental variables estimator, maximum likelihood estimation, quasi-maximum likelihood, binary choice models, Tobit models, sample selection bias, univariate time series models, multivariate time series models, panel data modelling, static linear model, vector, matrix

Topics: Cost-benefit analysis, inflation, social discount rate, risk, option price, option value, existence value, contingent value, cost-effectiveness analysis, cost-utility analysis

Topics: Econometrics, matrix algebra, probability, random variables, probability distributions, normal probability distribution, classical statistical inference, interval estimation, simple regression, least squares method, stochastic regressors, regression fallacy, multiple regression, heteroskedasticity, autocorrelation, Durbin-Watson test, multicollinearity, dropping variables, dummy variable, truncated variables, simultaneous equations models, diagnostic checking, model selection, specification testing, time-series analysis, vector autoregressions, unit roots, cointegration, unit root

Topics: Public Finance, markets, governments, externalities, government policy, public goods, public choice, cost-benefit analysis, government investments, government subsidies, social security, social insurance, financing government expenditures, government finance, taxation, prices, efficiency, distribution of income, budget balance, government debt, taxation, income taxation, corporate income, consumption tax, sales tax, wealth tax, property tax

Topics: Scope and nature of economics, Price system, theory of cost, theory of production, market structure, business organization, money, inflation, national income, microeconomics, macroeconomics