Microeconomics for Public Decisions is designed to focus on essential principles and analytical techniques for making decision that affect the public interest. It blends theory with applications and discussions so students will understand how and why microeconomics is important, how to perform economic analyses, and how to evaluate economic analyses performed by others. ÍNDICE: PART I. MICROECONOMICS AND THE MARKET ECONOMY 1. Overview of Economics 2. Demand and Supply 3. Market Dynamics and Interventions 4. Choice and Demand Appendix: Utility Maximization 5. Costs and Supply Appendix: Production Functions PART II. PUBLIC SECTOR ECONOMICS AND MARKET FAILURES 6. Efficiency and Equity 7. Welfare Economics 8. Monopoly 9. Externalities 10. Public Goods 11. Imperfect Information PART III. COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONS 12. Intertemporal Costs And Benefits 13. Cost Benefit Analysis 14. Cost Benefit Applications