Preface

Principles of Macroeconomics is designed for a one-semester macroeconomics introductory course. It is traditional in coverage, including introductory economics content, macroeconomics, and international economics. At the same time, ...

How Households Supply Financial Capital

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

• Show the relationship between savers, banks, and borrowers
• Calculate bond yield
• Contrast bonds, stocks, mutual funds, and assets
• Explain the tradeoffs ...
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Entry and Exit Decisions in the Long Run

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

• Explain how entry and exit lead to zero profits in the long run
• Discuss the long-run adjustment process

The Central Limit Theorem for Sample Means (Averages)

How Businesses Raise Financial Capital

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

• Describe financial capital and how it relates to profits
• Discuss the purpose and process of borrowing, bonds, and corporate ...
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Matched or Paired Samples

Polar Coordinates

In this section, you will:

• Plot points using polar coordinates.
• Convert from polar coordinates to rectangular coordinates.
• Convert from rectangular coordinates to polar coordinates.
• Transform equations between polar and rectangular forms.
• Identify and ...
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How Governments Can Encourage Innovation

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

• Explain the effects of intellectual property rights on social and private rates of return.
• Identify three ...
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How the AD/AS Model Incorporates Growth, Unemployment, and Inflation

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

• Identify periods of economic growth and recession using the aggregate demand/aggregate supply model
• Explain how unemployment ...
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Graphs of the Other Trigonometric Functions

In this section, you will:

• Analyze the graph of y=tan x.
• Graph variations of y=tan x.
• Analyze the graphs of y=sec x and y=csc x.
• Graph variations of ...
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Introduction to Linear Functions

Using the Normal Distribution