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AP Microeconomics/Macroeconomics Premium, 2025: Prep Book with 4 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review (2024)

AP Microeconomics/Macroeconomics Premium, 2025: Prep Book with 4 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review (2024) is your go-to guide for passing the exam, covering critical concepts, solved problems, and exam-style questions.

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    Acknowledgment We would like to thank Jennifer Goodenough, our editor, for her wonderful guidance, patience, skill, and many hours of outstanding work in bringing this revised edition to publication.

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    About the Authors James Redelsheimer has over 20 years’ experience teaching AP Economics at Armstrong High School in Plymouth, Minnesota. James is a Master Teacher with the Minnesota Council on Economics Education (MCEE) and is a Next Gen Personal Finance Teacher Fellow. He has been awarded the 3M Economics Educator Excellence Award and the Thrivent Financial Leadership Award from the Minnesota Council on Economic Education. He has been a guest lecturer in the economics department at Batumi State University in The Republic of Georgia and has taught Macroeconomics for Educators at The University of Minnesota. James has received travel grants and fellowships to visit and learn about the economies of Japan, China, Korea, Germany, Turkey, and Costa Rica. Elia Kacapyr is a professor of economics at Ithaca College. He holds a B.A. in economics from the University of Maryland. His Ph.D. is from the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. Elia‘s fields are macroeconomic theory and econometrics. He has published numerous scholarly articles and three books, including A Guide to Basic Econometric Techniques.

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    How to Use This Book INTRODUCTION 1 The AP Tests in Microeconomics and Macroeconomics Introduction Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, or Both? The Tests: What Topics Will You See? Multiple-Choice Questions Free-Response Questions Practice, Practice, Practice Microeconomics Pretest Pretest AP Score Estimate Answer Explanations Macroeconomics Pretest Pretest AP Score Estimate Answer Explanations 2 The Discipline of Economics What Is Economics? Macroeconomics vs. Microeconomics Positive vs. Normative Economics Resources Opportunity Cost

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    Production Possibilities Frontier Comparative Advantage Multiple-Choice Review Questions Free-Response Review Questions 3 Economic Systems The Fundamental Economic Questions Economic Systems The Circular Flow Diagram Multiple-Choice Review Questions Free-Response Review Questions 4 Demand and Supply: The Basics Introduction Demand and the Law of Demand Supply and the Law of Supply Market Equilibrium: Supply and Demand Together Effects of Supply and Demand Shifts on Price and Quantity Multiple-Choice Review Questions Free-Response Review Questions MICROECONOMICS Barron's Essential 5 5 Elasticity, Taxation, and Consumer Choice Introduction Elasticity of Demand Total Revenues Test to Determine Elasticity Perfect Elasticity Elasticity Along a Demand Curve Cross-Price Elasticity of Demand Income Elasticity of Demand

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    Price Elasticity of Supply Consumer and Producer Surpluses Impact of Taxes on Consumer and Producer Surpluses Trade, Tariffs, and Quotas Consumer Choice Theory The Utility-Maximization Rule Formulas Multiple-Choice Review Questions Free-Response Review Questions 6 Costs of Production Introduction Short Run vs. Long Run The Production Function Calculating Costs Taxes and Shifting Cost Curves Stages of the Long-Run Average Total Cost Curve Returns to Scale Economic vs. Accounting Profit Formulas Multiple-Choice Review Questions Free-Response Review Questions 7 Perfect Competition Introduction to Market Structures Profit-Maximizing Level of Output Perfect Competition The Shut-Down Rule Perfect Competition in the Long Run Formulas Multiple-Choice Review Questions Free-Response Review Question

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    8 Monopoly Introduction The Nature of a Monopoly A Monopolist's Demand Curve Graphing a Monopoly Interpreting a Monopoly Graph Price Discrimination Price Discrimination Shown Graphically Natural Monopolies and Regulation of Monopolies Formulas Multiple-Choice Review Questions Free-Response Review Questions 9 Imperfect Competition: Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly Introduction Efficiency and Monopolistic Competition Interpreting a Monopolistic Competition Graph Introduction to Oligopoly It's Game Time: Modeling Oligopoly with Game Theory Nash Equilibrium and the Prisoner's Dilemma Formulas Multiple-Choice Review Questions Free-Response Review Questions 10 Resource Markets with Applications to Labor Introduction to Factor Markets Key Concepts of Factor Markets Marginal Revenue Product (MRP) and Marginal Factor Cost (MFC) The Three Shifters of Resource Demand Perfectly Competitive Labor Market Monopsony Least-Cost Rule

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    Formulas Multiple-Choice Review Questions Free-Response Review Questions 11 Government and Public Sector: Market Failure, Externalities, Public Goods, Efficiency Introduction Market Failure and Externalities Marginal Social Benefit (MSB) = Marginal Social Cost (MSC) Externalities Positive Externalities Negative Externalities Public vs. Private Goods The Distribution of Income Types of Taxes Formulas Multiple-Choice Review Questions Free-Response Review Question Key Microeconomics Graphs Microeconomics Practice Test Section I—Multiple-Choice Questions Section II—Free-Response Questions Answer Explanations MACROECONOMICS Barron's Essential 5 12 The National Economic Accounts The Accounts Gross Domestic Product The Expenditure Approach The Income Approach

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    The Value-Added Approach Real GDP The Underground Economy Other Things Not Counted in GDP Per Capita GDP Limitations of GDP Formulas Multiple-Choice Review Questions Free-Response Review Questions 13 Inflation and Unemployment The Twin Evils Inflation Unemployment Formulas Multiple-Choice Review Questions Free-Response Review Questions 14 Money and Banking M1, M2, and the Monetary Base Fiat Money The Functions of Money The Federal Reserve System The Money Expansion Process Policy Tools of the Federal Reserve Formulas Multiple-Choice Review Questions Free-Response Review Questions 15 Monetary Theory The Equation of Exchange The Loanable Funds Market The Money Market

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    Formulas Multiple-Choice Review Questions Free-Response Review Questions 16 Aggregate Supply and Aggregate Demand Business Cycles Long-Run Aggregate Supply Short-Run Aggregate Supply Aggregate Demand Using the Aggregate Supply/Aggregate Demand Model Economic Growth Multiple-Choice Review Questions Free-Response Review Questions 17 Monetary Policy Monetary Policy Defined Monetary Policy in Theory Monetary Policy in Practice The Phillips Curve Multiple-Choice Review Questions Free-Response Review Questions 18 Fiscal Policy Fiscal Policy Defined Fiscal Policy in Theory Fiscal Policy in Practice Crowding Out Government Spending and Tax Multipliers Automatic Stabilizers The National Debt and Deficits Formulas Multiple-Choice Review Questions Free-Response Review Questions

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    19 International Trade and Finance The Balance of Trade Trade Restrictions The Balance of Payments Exchange Rates Monetary and Fiscal Policy in an Open Economy Formulas Multiple-Choice Review Questions Free-Response Review Questions The Big 5 Graphs of Macroeconomics in Action Macroeconomics Practice Test Section I—Multiple-Choice Questions Section II—Free-Response Questions Answer Explanations Visit Barron's Online Learning Hub for more full- length practice tests and vocabulary.

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