Mighty microeconomics : a guide to thinking like an economist
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Bibliographic Information
Mighty microeconomics : a guide to thinking like an economist
Cambridge University Press, 2023
- : pbk
- Other Title
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ミクロ経済学の力
The power of microeconomics
Available at 11 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
"This edition is a translation of The power of microeconomics (in Japanese), published by Nippon Hyoron Sha, in 2014" -- t.p. verso
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Economics helps us to understand that certain slick mechanisms are operating beyond what we see in our daily economic lives. To fully understand and appreciate these mechanisms, we need to master the core mathematical theories, some of which are highly advanced and typically covered in a graduate course. This textbook presents those theories without compromising rigor, but, at the same time, the author offers a number of innovative pedagogical twists that make the difficult materials completely accessible to undergraduate students, and even to general readers. Written in a chatty, colloquial style, the author explains basic messages and core insights that are usually hidden between the lines. The usefulness of these theories is shown through a number of real-life examples, and, in the end, the readers can see that the mathematical models provide deep insights into social justice and philosophy. This book helps readers to think like an economist.
Table of Contents
- Part I. Price Theory: Merits and Limitations of the Market Mechanism: 1. Theory of Consumer Behavior
- 2. The Theory of Firm Behavior
- 3. Market Equilibrium
- 4. Market Failures
- 5. Monopolies
- Part II. Game Theory and Economics of Information: 6. Simultaneous-Move Games and Nash Equilibrium
- 7. Dynamic Games and Credible Strategies
- 8. Insurance and Moral Hazard
- 9. Adverse Selection and Signaling
- 10. Last but not Least - Let's Talk about Social Justice and Philosophy
- Appendix A. Essential Mathematical Concepts: All You Need to Know to Read this Book
- Appendix B. Constrained Maximization Problems and the Method of Lagrange Multiplier
- Appendix C. Compensating Variation and Equivalent Variation
- Appendix D. A Step-by-Step Guide to Proving the Second Welfare Theorem.
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