Economics: Principles, Applications, and Tools (9th Global Edition)
by Arthur O'Sullivan (Author), Steven Sheffrin (Author), Stephen Perez (Author)

About the Author
Arthur O’Sullivan is a professor of economics at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. After receiving his B.S. in economics at the University of Oregon, he spent two years in the Peace Corps, working with city planners in the Philippines. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University in 1981 and has taught at the University of California, Davis, and Oregon State University, winning teaching awards at both schools. He is the author of the best-selling textbook Urban Economics, currently in its eighth edition, with translations into Russian, Chinese, Korean, and Greek.
Professor O’Sullivan’s research explores economic issues concerning urban land use, environmental protection, and public policy. His articles have appeared in many economics journals, including the Journal of Urban Economics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, National Tax Journal, Journal of Public Economics, and Journal of Law and Economics.
Professor O’Sullivan lives with his family in Portland, Oregon. For recreation, he enjoys hiking, kiteboarding, and squash.
Steven M. Sheffrin is professor of economics and executive director of the Murphy Institute at Tulane University. Prior to joining Tulane in 2010, he was a faculty member at the University of California, Davis, and served as department chairman of economics and dean of social sciences. He has been a visiting professor at Princeton University, Oxford University, London School of Economics, and Nanyang Technological University, and he has served as a financial economist with the Office of Tax Analysis of the United States Department of the Treasury. He received his B.A. from Wesleyan University and his Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Professor Sheffrin is the author of 10 other books and monographs and over 100 articles in the fields of macroeconomics, public finance, and international economics. His most recent books include Rational Expectations (second edition) and Property Taxes and Tax Revolts: The Legacy of Proposition 13 (with Arthur O’Sullivan and Terri Sexton).
Professor Sheffrin has taught macroeconomics and public finance at all levels, from general introduction to principles classes (enrollments of 400) to graduate classes for doctoral students. He is the recipient of the Thomas Mayer Distinguished Teaching Award in economics. He lives with his wife Anjali (also an economist) in New Orleans, Louisiana, and has two daughters who have studied economics. In addition to a passion for current affairs and travel, he plays a tough game of tennis.
Stephen J. Perez is a professor of economics and NCAA faculty athletics representative at California State University, Sacramento. After receiving his B.A. in economics at the University of California, San Diego, he was awarded his Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Davis, in 1994. He taught economics at Virginia Commonwealth University and Washington State University before coming to California State University, Sacramento, in 2001. He teaches macroeconomics at all levels as well as econometrics, sports economics, labor economics, and mathematics for economists.
Professor Perez’s research explores most macroeconomic topics. In particular, he is interested in evaluating the ability of econometric techniques to discover the truth, issues of causality in macroeconomics, and sports economics. His articles have appeared in many economics journals, including the Journal of Monetary Economics; Econometrics Journal; Economics Letters; Journal of Economic Methodology; Public Finance and Management; Journal of Economics and Business; Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics; Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking; Applied Economics; and Journal of Macroeconomics.

About this book
Introduces Readers to the Basic Concepts of Economics with Timely, Engaging Stories and Applications
Readers hoping to gain a better understanding of the world around them, often leave with their questions unanswered. Economics: Principles, Applications, and Tools is built upon the author’s philosophy of using basic concepts of economics to explain a wide variety of timely, engaging, real-world economic applications.
The Ninth Global Edition incorporates updated figures and data, while also emphasizing current topics of interest–including the severe economic downturn of recent years and the latest developments in economic thinking. It also includes newly refined Learning Objectives that introduce the concepts explored in each chapter, along with new applications and chapter-opening stories related to the most up-to-date developments in both macroeconomics and microeconomics.

Table of contents
I. Introduction and Key Principles
  1. Introduction: What Is Economics?
  2. The Key Principles of Economics
  3. Exchange and Markets
  4. Demand, Supply, and Market Equilibrium
II. The Basic Concepts in Macroeconomics
  5. Measuring a Nation's Production and Income
  6. Unemployment and Inflation
III. The Economy in the Long Run
  7. The Economy at Full Employment
  8. Why Do Economies Grow?
IV. Economic Fluctuations and Fiscal Policy
  9. Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply
  10. Fiscal Policy
  11. The Income- Expenditure Model
  12. Investment and Financial Markets
V. Money, Banking, and Monetary Policy
  13. Money and the Banking System
  14. The Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy
VI. Inflation, Unemployment, and Economic Policy
  15. Modern Macroeconomics: From the Short Run to the Long Run
  16. The Dynamics of Inflation and Unemployment
  17. Macroeconomic Policy Debates
VII. The International Economy
  18. International Trade and Public Policy
  19. The World of International Finance
VIII. A Closer Look at Demand and Supply
  20. Elasticity: A Measure of Responsiveness
  21. Market Efficiency and Government Intervention
  22. Consumer Choice: Utility Theory and Insights from Neuroscience
IX. Market Structures and Pricing
  23. Production Technology and Cost
  24. Perfect Competition
  25. Monopoly and Price Discrimination
  26. Market Entry and Monopolistic Competition
  27. Oligopoly and Strategic Behavior
  28. Controlling Market Power: Antitrust and Regulation
X. Externalities and Information
  29. Imperfect Information: Adverse Selection and Moral Hazard
  30. Public Goods and Public Choice
  31. External Costs and Environmental Policy
XI. The Labor Market and Income Distribution
  32. The Labor Market and the Distribution of Income

Length: 769 pages
Publisher: Pearson; 9 global edition (2018)
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1-292-16559-6
ISBN 13: 978-1-292-16559-2