Competitive Equilibrium: Theory and Applications - Brossura

Ellickson, Bryan

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521319889 ISBN 13: 9780521319881

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Riassunto

The development of general equilibrium theory represents one of the greatest advances in economic analysis in the latter half of the twentieth century. This book, intended for advanced undergraduates and graduate students, provides a broad introduction to competitive equilibrium analysis with an emphasis on concrete applications. The first three chapters are introductory in nature, paving the way for the more advanced second half of the book. Relative to the competition, it is much more 'user friendly' while offering exceptionally broad coverage of topics. Well-designed and interesting applications help to make potentially abstract material more accessible. The book includes 92 illustrations and nearly 200 exercises.

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This book, intended for advanced undergraduates, provides a self-contained and accessible introduction to general equilibrium analysis with an emphasis on concrete applications. The coverage is exceptionally broad, including existence of equilibrium, models with a continuum of players, economies with individual commodities, computation of equilibrium, and infinite dimensional space.

Contenuti:

List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I. Exchange: 1. Mathematical prerequisites; 2. Walrasian equilibrium; 3. Pareto optimality and the core; 4. A numerical example; 5. Commodities and prices; 6. Summary; Part II. Production: 7. Geometry of vector spaces; 8. CRS production; 9. Alternative models of production; 10. Public goods and joint supply; 11. Summary; Part III. Aumann’s Model: 12. Applying Aumann's model; 13. Dealing with nonconvexity; 14. Measure and integration; 15. Hedonic theory and local public goods; 16. Summary; Part IV. Topology: 17. Introduction to topology; 18. Topologies on vector spaces; 19. Summary; Part V. Best Response: 20. Preferences; 21. Existence of best response; 22. Continuity of best response; 23. Miscellany; 24. Summary; Part VI. Clearing Markets: 25. Homogeneity; 26. Existence of Walrasian equilibrium; 27. Computation of equilibria; 28. The excess demand theorem; 29. Kakutani fixed point theorem; 30. Summary; Part VII. Walras Meets Nash: 31. Noncooperative game theory; 32. Walrasian equilibrium; 33. External effects; 34. Nonconvexity; 35. Nonordered preferences; 36. Summary; Part VIII. What is Competition?:37. The second fundamental theorem; 38. Core equivalence; 39. Infinite dimensional commodity spaces; 40. The large square economy; 41. Summary; Bibliography; Index.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521319889
• ISBN 13: 9780521319881
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 420