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INSTRUCTOR’S MANUAL

MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS

Twelfth Edition

Mark Hirschey

University of Kansas

SOUTH-WESTERN

CENGAGE Learning

PREFACE

Managerial Economics, Twelfth Edition is a practical guide to the application of economic concepts

in managerial decision making. The aim is to help students develop intuition about how economic

Although a number of approaches to teaching managerial economics have proven successful,

many instructors have found that at least some practice with numerical problems is essential if

students are to obtain a working knowledge of the tools and techniques presented. For this reason, I

organizations.

This Instructor’s Manual provides suggested answers for the end-of-chapter questions and

detailed solutions to all problems in the text. “Answers” for the questions are designed to outline

possible areas of discussion and do not provide a definitive treatment of all the important issues

Also with this edition, there is a new Test Bank available in hard-copy, and electronic form.

The Test Bank features 500 multiple-choice questions, and 485 solved problems that can be used to

create customized exams. Like end-of-chapter questions and problems in the text, Test Bank

questions and problems feature broad topical coverage and involve widely varying levels of

problem-solving complexity.

Modifications found in Managerial Economics, Twelfth Edition are aimed at expanding

coverage of topics included in earlier editions, and smoothing out materials that have proven

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have worked hard to make the Instructor’s Manual as error-free as possible, undoubtedly some errors

(or Agremlins@) and ambiguities have crept through. Any corrections or suggestions for

improvement are most welcome.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface iii

PART ONE: OVERVIEW OF MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS

Chapter 1: Nature and Scope of Managerial Economics 1

PART TWO: DEMAND ANALYSIS AND ESTIMATION

Chapter 4: Demand Analysis 77

PART THREE: PRODUCTION AND COMPETITIVE MARKETS

Chapter 7: Production Analysis and Compensation Policy 168

PART FOUR: IMPERFECT COMPETITION

Chapter 12: Monopoly and Monopsony 370

Chapter 13: Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly 407

PART FIVE: LONG-TERM INVESTMENT DECISIONS

Chapter 16: Risk Analysis 496

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Chapter 19: Government in the Market Economy 588