This book provides a comprehensive overview of the fundamental concepts and principles of microeconomics. It introduces students to the models, assumptions, and empirical applications of modern microeconomics, as well as to the necessary mathematical tools. It covers topics such as economic behavior, consumer theory, theory of the firm, partial and general equilibrium theory, industrial organization, bargaining theory, and Pareto optimality. Students learn not only about economic outcomes at a given point of equilibrium, but also about dynamic economics, which includes both equilibrium and disequilibrium.This book is intended for undergraduate and graduate students in economics and related fields who are interested in the basic theories and applications of microeconomics.

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Krzysztof Malaga is Professor of Economics at the Poznan University of Economics and Business (PUEB), Poland. He is Former Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Head of Doctoral Studies, Vice-Dean and Dean of the Faculty of Computer Science and Electronic Economy at PUEB. He is currently Director of the Institute of Computer Science and Quantitative Economics at PUEB, Editor-in-Chief of the Revue Internationale des Economistes de Langue Française and Scientific Director of the Association Internationale des Economistes de Langue Française in Paris, France. He is Author or Co-author of 3 monographs, 3 textbooks, 6 scripts and over 60 articles in the field of microeconomics, macroeconomics, theory of economic growth and development, as well as translator of 11 French-language books, which had 29 editions in Poland.Karolina Sobczak is Assistant Professor in the Department of Operations Research and Mathematical Economics at Poznan University of Economics and Business (PUEB), Poland. She holds a doctorate in economic sciences obtained in two universities: University Rennes 1 in France and PUEB. She teaches courses and lectures on microeconomics, macroeconomics, mathematical economics, DSGE models, among others. She is Co-author of a textbook and a script on microeconomics.