Financial Accounting and Microeconomics

Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making

Author: Paul D Kimmel

Financial Accounting, 5^th Edition provides students with an understanding of fundamental concepts necessary to use accounting effectively. Starting with a “macro” view of accounting information, the authors present real financial statements. They establish how a financial statement communicates the financing, investing, and operating activities of a business to users of accounting information. Kimmel, Weygandt and Kieso motivate students by grounding the discussion in the real world, showing them the relevance of the topics covered to their future.

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	Introduction to financial statements	2
Ch. 2	A further look at financial statements	46
Ch. 3	The accounting information system	98
Ch. 4	Accrual accounting concepts	156
Ch. 5	Merchandising operations and the multiple-step income statement	216
Ch. 6	Reporting and analyzing inventory	266
Ch. 7	Internal control and cash	314
Ch. 8	Reporting and analyzing receivabl es	370
Ch. 9	Reporting and analyzing long-lived assets	418
Ch. 10	Reporting and analyzing liabilities	472
Ch. 11	Reporting and analyzing stockholder's equity	532
Ch. 12	Statement of cash flows	564
Ch. 13	Financial analysis : the big picture	644
App. A	Specimen financial statements : tootsie roll industries, Inc
App. B	Specimen financial statements : hershey foods corporation
App. C	Time value of money
App. D	Reporting and analyzing investments

Microeconomics

Author: Robert Pindyck

KEY BENEFIT: This book is well known for its coverage of modern topics (Game theory, Economics of Information, and Behavioral Economics), clarity of its writing style and graphs, and integrated use of real world examples.

KEY TOPICS: The emphasis on relevance and application to both managerial and public-policy decision-making are focused goals of the book. This emphasis is accomplished by including MANY extended examples that cover such topics as the analysis of demand, cost, and market efficiency; the design of pricing strategies; investment and production decisions; and public policy analysis.

Economists and strategists looking to stay current with economic information.

Table of Contents:

 

Part I. Introduction: Markets and Prices

Chapter 1.   Preliminaries

Chapter 2.   The Basics of Supply and Demand

Part II.  Producers, Consumers, and Competitive Markets

Chapter 3.   Consumer Behavior

Chapter 4.   Individual and Market Demand

Chapter 5.   Uncertainty and Consumer Behavior

Chapter 6.   Production

Chapter 7.   The Cost of Production

Chapter 8.   Profit Maximization and Competitive Supply

Chapter 9.   The Analysis of Competitive Markets

Part III.    Market Structure and Competitive Strategy

Chapter 10. Market Power: Monopoly and Monopsony

Chapter 11. Pricing with Market Power

Chapter 12. Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly

Chapter 13. Game Theory and Competitive Strategy

Chapter 14. Markets for Factor Inputs

Chapter 15. Investment, Time, and Capital Markets

Part IV.   Information, Market Failure, and the Role of Government

Chapter 16. General Equilibrium and Economic Efficiency

Chapter 17. Markets with Asymmetric Information

Chapter 18. Externalities and Public Goods

Appendix: The Basics of Regression

Glossary

Answers to Selected Exercises

Photo Credits

Index