Intermediate Microeconomics with Microsoft Excel

Humberto Barreto is the Elizabeth P. Allen Distinguished University Professor at DePauw University. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Professor Barreto has lectured around the world on teaching economics with computer-based methods, including Spain, Brazil, Poland, India, Burma, Japan, and Taiwan, and spent one year as a Fulbright Scholar in the Dominican Republic. He has taught NSF Chautauqua short courses using simulation. He has received two teaching awards, the Indiana Sears Roebuck Teaching Award and the Wabash College McLain-McTurnan Arnold Award for Teaching Excellence. Professor Barreto's research focuses on the history of economic thought and improving the teaching of economics. His book, The Entrepreneur in Microeconomic Theory, was translated into Arabic in 1999. He is co-author with Frank Howland of an innovative text, Introductory Econometrics: Using Monte Carlo Simulation with Microsoft Excel®, published in 2006 by Cambridge University Press.

Introduction; Part I. The Theory of Consumer Behavior: 1. Budget constraint; 2. Satisfaction; 3. Optimal choice; 4. Comparative statics; 5. Endowment models; 6. Bads; 7. Search theory; 8. Behavioral economics; Part II. The Theory of the Firm: 9. Production function; 10. Input cost minimization; 11. Output profit maximization; 12. Input profit maximization; 13. Consistency in the theory of the firm; 14. Monopoly; 15. Game theory; Part III. The Market System: 16. Partial equilibrium; 17. General equilibrium; Conclusion.