Microeconomics for Public Managers
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (687 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1405125446 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 440 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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Many students are turned off by economics because they don't see its applicability for their jobs. They are the kind I end up writing for myself.”John McPeak, Syracuse University. “I think this book begins to fill a serious gap in the market. Greenbaum, Ohio State University“This book does a fine job meeting the needs of Public Administration students.”John Graham, Rutgers University“The Keatings’ approach of using cost-benefit analysis as a capstone is for the best, since it gets students to use what they have learned about markets and the information contained in market prices, and what they have learned about market failure, in a unified application.”Michael Rushton, Indiana University“The exercises are a lot more useful for public management students than the ones in standa
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Microeconomics for Public Managers presents a rigorous non-mathematical introduction to the study of microeconomics geared towards managers of nonprofit institutions. Provides an introduction to the economist’s toolkit for students destined for not-for-profit enterprises and public institutionsTopics are selected for their relevance to the non-profit sector, enabling key issues to be covered in greater depth than standard microeconomic textbooksPertinent case studies and cost-benefit analysis are utilized throughoutFeatures end-of chapter problem sets and study questionsDescribes economic decision-making applicable to non-profit managersAccompanying website with instructor materials is available at blackwellpublishing/keating
Barry P. He is also a Heritage Foundation Salvatori Fellow. They have three adult children and live in South Bend, Indiana.. Keating teaches Non-profit Management, Managerial Economics, and Forecasting to undergraduate and graduate classes at the University of Notre Dame. Maryann O. He conducts business forecasting seminars internationally fo