Buch, Englisch, 276 Seiten, Format (B × H): 185 mm x 262 mm, Gewicht: 735 g
An Introduction
Buch, Englisch, 276 Seiten, Format (B × H): 185 mm x 262 mm, Gewicht: 735 g
ISBN: 978-0-521-56414-4
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
General Equilibrium Theory: An Introduction treats the classic Arrow-Debreu general equilibrium model in a form accessible to graduate students and advanced undergraduates in economics and mathematics. Topics covered include mathematical preliminaries, households and firms, existence of general equilibrium, Pareto efficiency of general equilibrium, the First and Second Fundamental Theorems of Welfare Economics, the core and core convergences, future markets over time and contingent commodity markets under uncertainty. Demand, supply, and excess demand appear first as (point-valued) functions, then optionally as (set-valued) correspondences. The mathematics presented (with elementary proofs of the theorems) includes a real analysis, the Brouwer fixed point theorem, and separating and supporting hyperplane theorems. Optional chapters introduce the existence of equilibrium with set-valued supply and demand, the mathematics of upper and lower hemicontinuous correspondences, and the Kakutani fixed point theorem. The treatment emphasizes clarity and accessibility to the student through use of examples and intuition.
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Part A. Getting Started: 1. Concepts and history of general equilibrium theory; 2. Mathematics; 3. Representation of commodities and prices; Part B. An Economy with Bounded Production Technology, Supply and Demand Functions: 4. Producers; 5. Households; 6. A market economy; 7. General equilibrium of the market economy with an excess demand function; Part C. An Economy with Unbounded Production Techbology, Supply and Demand Functions: 8. Theory of production with unbounded firm technologies; 9. Households: the unbounded technology case; 10. A market economy: the unbounded technology case; 11. General equilibrium of the market economy with unbounded technology and an excess demand function; Part D. Welfare Economics: 12. Pareto efficiency; Part E. Bargaining and Equilibrium: the Core: 13. The core of a market economy; 14. Convergence of the core; Part F. The Scope of Markets: 15. Time and uncertainty; Part G. An Economy with Supply and Demand Correspondences: 16. Mathematics of point set mappings; 17. General equilibrium of the market economy with an excess demand correspondence; Part H. Conclusion: 18. Summary and conclusion.
