
The structure of economics : a mathematical analysis
Title:
The structure of economics : a mathematical analysis
Author:
Silberberg, Eugene.
ISBN:
9780072343526
9780071181365
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Edition:
3rd ed.
Publication Information:
Boston, Mass. : McGraw-Hill, 2001.
Physical Description:
xvii, 668 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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.
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