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The structure of economics : a mathematical analysis /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Silberberg, Eugene
Other Authors: Suen, Wing Chuen
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston, Mass. : McGraw-Hill, 2001.
Edition:3rd ed.
Subjects:
Economics, Mathematical.
Table of Contents:
  • Comparative statics and the paradigm of economics
  • Review of calculus (one variable)
  • Functions of several variables
  • Profit maximization
  • Matrices and determinants
  • Comparative statics: the traditional methodology
  • The envelope theorem and duality
  • The derivation of cost functions
  • Cost and production functions: special topics
  • The derivation of consumer demand functions
  • Special topics in consumer theory
  • Intertemporal choice
  • Behavior under uncertainty
  • Maximization with inequality and nonnegativity constrints
  • Contracts and incentives
  • Markets with imperfect information
  • General equilibrium I: linear models
  • Genral equilibrium II: nonlinear models
  • Welfare economics
  • Resource allocation over time:optimal control theory.