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SMTF Contents Simulation Modeling the Business Environment Richard A. Stanford Copyright 2011 Richard A. Stanford All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted by any means—whether auditory, graphic, mechanical, or electronic—without written permission of the author, except in the case of brief excerpts used in critical articles and reviews. CONTENTS Preface PART A. INTRODUCTION Chapter 1. The Role of Modeling in Economic Analysis PART B. THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS Chapter 2. Consumer Behavior Chapter 3. Demand and Revenue Chapter 4. Production Chapter 5. Costs PART C. THEORIES OF THE FIRM Chapter 6. The Competitive Environment Chapter 7. Pure Monopoly Chapter 8. Monopolistic Competition Chapter 9. Oligopolistic Competition Chapter 10. Extending the Model of the Firm PART D. CONCLUSION Chapter 11. Realism, Accuracy, and Specificity in Models R...