The Gold Standard for Intermediate Micro: Now for Today.
Hal Varian’s Intermediate Microeconomics has long been revered for its short chapters, interesting examples, and its ability to speak to students in the voice of an elite economist. Now, the series welcomes new co-author Marc Melitz, who has updated the content and digital features—including the Norton Illumine Ebook and Smartwork online problem sets—for today’s students.
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Why It’s An Exciting Time to Study Microeconomics
Features of the New Edition
Updated examples
bring relevance.
With applications from research, industry, and Melitz’s teaching experience, examples like the demand for electric cars and inflation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic bring a fresh perspective to the Varian approach.
NEW Norton Illumine Ebook engages and motivates students.
Interactive features walk students through challenging concepts, while Check Your Understanding questions, authored in consultation with Marc Melitz, offer rich answer-specific feedback and allow students to assess their comprehension as they work through the chapter.
Smartwork provides the practice students need.
Smartwork online assessments provide book-specific problems with rich feedback to develop problem-solving skills and experience. Organized in premade assignments, they are ready to deploy or customize.
About the Authors
Hal R. Varian is the Chief Economist at Google, where he has been involved in many aspects of the company since 2002, including auction design, econometric analysis, finance, corporate strategy, and public policy. Varian is also an emeritus professor at the University of California, Berkeley in three departments: business, economics, and information management. Varian received his BS degree from MIT in 1969 and his MA in mathematics and PhD in economics from UC Berkeley in 1973. He has also taught at MIT, Stanford, Oxford, Michigan, and other universities around the world, and is a fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation, the Econometric Society, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was co-editor of the American Economic Review from 1987 to 1990 and holds honorary doctorates from the University of Oulu, Finland and the University of Karlsruhe, Germany. Varian has published numerous papers in economic theory, industrial organization, financial economics, econometrics, and information economics. He is the author of two major economics textbooks, which have been translated into 22 languages. He is the co-author of a bestselling book on business strategy, Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy, and wrote a monthly column for the New York Times from 2000 to 2007.
Marc Melitz is the David A. Wells Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University. He holds a BA from Haverford College (1989), an MSBA from the Robert Smith School of Business (1992), and a PhD from the University of Michigan (2000). He is a fellow of the Econometric Society and is affiliated with the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), CESifo, and the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. His broad research interests are in international trade and investment. More specifically, he studies producer-level responses to globalization and their implications for aggregate trade and investment patterns. His research has been funded by the Sloan Foundation and by the NSF.
Intermediate Microeconomics
10th Edition
The original, algebra-based version—now available with the Norton Illumine Ebook and Smartwork. Students can opt for a full digital package, or upgrade by adding a print text.
Microeconomics with Calculus
2nd Edition
The calculus-based version—now available with the Norton Illumine Ebook and Smartwork. Students can opt for a full digital package, or upgrade by adding a print text.
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