The structure of economics : a mathematical analysis
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The structure of economics : a mathematical analysis
McGraw-Hill, c1990
2nd ed
- : international ed.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This text progressively develops the mathematical tools students need to perform economic analysis and assumes the student has a knowledge of calculus and intermediate microeconomic skills. There is a careful integration of the mathematics with the presentation of economics, with emphasis on those techniques most widely used by economists. Examples clearly illustrate the crucial points and students are shown the usefulness of mathematics in economic science. The text has a flexible organisation and a useful review chapter on calculus. Problems are provided at the end of each chapter.
Table of Contents
Comparative Statics and the Paradigm of Economics. Review of Calculus. Functions of Several Variables. Unconstrained Maxima and Minima: Two Independent Variables. Matrices and Determinants. Constrained and Unconstrained Maxima and Minima of Functions of Several Variables. The Derivation of Cost and Expenditure Functions. The Derivation of Consumers. Demand Functions. The Comparative Statics of Maximisation Models. Cost and Production Functions: Special Topics. Special Topics in Consumer Theory. Maximisation with Inequality and Nonnegativity Constraints. General Equilibrium I: Linear Models. General Equilibrium II: Nonlinear Models. Welfare Economics. Equilibrium, Disequilibrium and the Stability of Markets.
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