The structure of economics : a mathematical analysis /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Silberberg, Eugene, 1940-
Other Authors: Suen, Wing
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Singapure : McGraw-Hill International, 2001
Edition:3rd ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. Comparative statics and the paradigm of economics
  • 2. Review of calculus (one variable)
  • 3. Functions of several variables
  • 4. Profit maximization
  • 5. Matrices and determinants
  • 6. Comparative statics: the traditional methodology
  • 7. The envelope theorem and duality
  • 8. The derivation of cost functions
  • 9. Cost and production functions: special topics
  • 10. The derivation of consumer demand functions
  • 11. Special topics in consumer theory
  • 12. Intertemporal choice
  • 13. Behavior under uncertainty
  • 14. Maximization with inequality and nonnegativity constraints
  • 15. Contracts and incentives
  • 16. Markets with imperfect information
  • 17. General equilibrium I linear models
  • 18. General equilibrium II nonlinear models
  • 19. Welfare economics
  • 20. Resource allocation over time: optimal control theory
  • Hints and answers.