Wie kommt es, dass in einer Ökonomie, in der jeder nach seinem eigenen Nutzen strebt, kein Chaos herrscht, sondern sich ein Zustand des Gleichgewichts einstellt? Diese verblüffende Frage beantwortete Adam Smith mit der Metapher der 'unsichtbaren Hand'. Seine Antwort wurde zur Initialzündung...

Contents: Introduction to the handbook of research methods and applications in empirical microeconomics / Nigar Hashimzade and Michael A. Thornton -- Part I: Econometric methods in microeconomics -- 1. Linear dynamic panel data models / Ryo Okui -- 2. Spatial autoregressive nonlinear models in r...

The Classical or Surplus Approach -- Long-Period Prices -- Introduction to the Marginal Approach -- Consumers, and the Exchange Economy -- Firms, Partial Equilibria, and the General Equilibrium with Production -- Existence, Uniqueness and Stability of Non-capitalistic General Equilibria --...

Preface -- The making of heterodox microeconomics -- Structure, agency, and modeling the economy -- The business enterprise : structures -- The business enterprise : agency and causal mechanisms -- Markets and demand for the social product -- Competition, the market price, and market governance...

Introduction: First Principles -- Gains from Trade -- A Primer in Markets and Institutions: Introduction -- Supply and Demand Under Perfect Competition -- Normative Economics -- Externalities and the Limits of Markets -- Foundations of Demand and Supply: Decisions and Consumer Behavior -- Costs...