Lectures On Microeconomic Theory

Author : Ariel Rubinstein
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780691154138

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Lecture Notes in Microeconomic Theory by Ariel Rubinstein Pdf

Ariel Rubinstein's well-known lecture notes on microeconomics—now fully revised and expanded This book presents Ariel Rubinstein's lecture notes for the first part of his well-known graduate course in microeconomics. Developed during the fifteen years that Rubinstein taught the course at Tel Aviv University, Princeton University, and New York University, these notes provide a critical assessment of models of rational economic agents, and are an invaluable supplement to any primary textbook in microeconomic theory. In this fully revised and expanded second edition, Rubinstein retains the striking originality and deep simplicity that characterize his famously engaging style of teaching. He presents these lecture notes with a precision that gets to the core of the material, and he places special emphasis on the interpretation of key concepts. Rubinstein brings this concise book thoroughly up to date, covering topics like modern choice theory and including dozens of original new problems. Written by one of the world's most respected and provocative economic theorists, this second edition of Lecture Notes in Microeconomic Theory is essential reading for students, teachers, and research economists. Fully revised, expanded, and updated Retains the engaging style and method of Rubinstein's well-known lectures Covers topics like modern choice theory Features numerous original new problems—including 21 new review problems Solutions manual (available only to teachers) can be found at: http://gametheory.tau.ac.il/microTheory/.

Author : E. Malinvaud
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Microeconomics
ISBN : OCLC:793527870

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Lectures on Microeconomic Theory by E. Malinvaud Pdf

Author : Edmond Malinvaud
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Microeconomics
ISBN : LCCN:lc79166312

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Lectures on Microeconomic Theory by Edmond Malinvaud Pdf

Author : Romans Pancs
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780262038188

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Lectures on Microeconomics by Romans Pancs Pdf

Economic concepts and techniques presented through a series of "big questions," models that show how to pose a questions rigorously and work toward an answer. This book helps readers master economic concepts and techniques by tackling fundamental economic and political questions through a series of models. It is organized around a sequence of “big questions,” among them: When do markets help translate individuals' uncoordinated, selfish actions into outcomes that are best for all? Do markets change people, and, if so, for worse or better? Translated into the language of modern economics, do Marx's ideas have merit? Why is there so much income inequality? Or is there too little? The arguments are in the theorem-proof format, distinguishing results derived in the context of fully specified models from educated speculation. Readers will learn how to pose a question rigorously and how to work toward an answer, and to appreciate that even (especially!) the broadest and most ambitious questions call for a model. The goal of the book is not to indoctrinate but to show readers how to reason toward their own conclusions. The first chapter, on the Walrasian model of general equilibrium, serves as the prerequisite for the rest of the book. The remaining chapters cover less conventional topics, including the morality of markets; matching theory; Marxism, socialism, and the resilience of markets; a formalization of Kant's categorical imperative; unintended consequences of policy design; and theories of justice. The book can be used as a textbook for advanced undergraduate or graduate students or as a resource for researchers in disciplines that draw on normative economics.

Author : Edmond Malinvaud
Publisher : Elsevier Science & Technology
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Microeconomics
ISBN : UCSC:32106000821055

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Lectures on Microeconomic Theory by Edmond Malinvaud Pdf

The structure of the micro-economic theory and its motivation.

Author : William David Anthony Bryant
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 779 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023-02-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811254727

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Lectures In The Microeconomics Of Choice: Foundations, Consumers, And Producers by William David Anthony Bryant Pdf

People pursue their own interests, whatever those interests might be. Some people have interests that are narrow and selfish, while others have interests that are broad and altruistic. The idea that people are self-interested underpins all of economic analysis and raises two fundamental questions: 1. How do people choose the actions they think will further their own interests? 2. Can the potentially conflicting interests of different people be made to 'mesh' in some sort of socio-economic equilibrium? This book is devoted to a detailed study of the first question. Its Companion Volume (Economy-Wide Microeconomics: Equilibrium, Optimality, Applications and Tests) makes a detailed study of the second question.Following some foundational remarks, this book studies the Arrow-Debreu theory of consumer choice. That theory supposes people choose so as to maximize a complete, continuous, transitive, and reflexive binary preference relation over a non-empty and compact choice set. The book then studies numerous refinements, generalizations and extensions of each of these restrictions — up to and including recent work on Behavioral theories of choice and choice behaviour when preferences are intransitive/incomplete/discontinuous. Also considered is choice behaviour in environments that are not necessarily compact. A study is also made of intertemporal choice and choice under uncertainty. The study of Arrow-Debreu choice theory and its extensions are presented from the Primal, Dual, and Revealed Preference points of view.Consumers are not the only agents in the economy, as Producers are present as well. Beginning with a study of the Arrow-Debreu idea that producers choose from a convex production set so as to maximize profit, the book considers extensions and generalizations of this framework, particularly to non-convex environments. The study is presented from the Primal and Dual points of view.The final chapter in the book provides a link to its Companion Volume. The Chapter indicates how the theories of consumer and producer choice studied here help inform answers of the second question posed above.Resources are available to instructors who adopt this book. More details at www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/12789-sm

Author : Felix Munoz-Garcia
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 892 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780262342094

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Advanced Microeconomic Theory by Felix Munoz-Garcia Pdf

An introduction to advanced topics in microeconomics that emphasizes the intuition behind assumptions and results, providing examples that show how to apply theory to practice. This textbook offers an introduction to advanced microeconomic theory that emphasizes the intuition behind mathematical assumptions, providing step-by-step examples that show how to apply theoretical models. It covers standard topics such as preference relations, demand theory and applications, producer theory, choice under uncertainty, partial and general equilibrium, monopoly, game theory and imperfect competition, externalities and public goods, and contract theory; but its intuitive and application-oriented approach provides students with a bridge to more technical topics. The book can be used by advanced undergraduates as well as Masters students in economics, finance, and public policy, and by PhD students in programs with an applied focus. The text connects each topic with recent findings in behavioral and experimental economics, and discusses these results in context, within the appropriate chapter. Step-by-step examples appear immediately after the main theoretical findings, and end-of chapter exercises help students understand how to approach similar exercises on their own. An appendix reviews basic mathematical concepts. A separate workbook, Practice Exercises for Advanced Microeconomic Theory, offers solutions to selected problems with detailed explanations. The textbook and workbook together help students improve both their theoretical and practical preparation in advanced microeconomics.

Author : Ariel Rubinstein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Economics
ISBN : 0691154120

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Lecture Notes in Microeconomic Theory by Ariel Rubinstein Pdf

Author : David M. Kreps
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 864 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780691215747

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A Course in Microeconomic Theory by David M. Kreps Pdf

David M. Kreps has developed a text in microeconomics that is both challenging and "user-friendly." The work is designed for the first-year graduate microeconomic theory course and is accessible to advanced undergraduates as well. Placing unusual emphasis on modern noncooperative game theory, it provides the student and instructor with a unified treatment of modern microeconomic theory--one that stresses the behavior of the individual actor (consumer or firm) in various institutional settings. The author has taken special pains to explore the fundamental assumptions of the theories and techniques studied, pointing out both strengths and weaknesses. The book begins with an exposition of the standard models of choice and the market, with extra attention paid to choice under uncertainty and dynamic choice. General and partial equilibrium approaches are blended, so that the student sees these approaches as points along a continuum. The work then turns to more modern developments. Readers are introduced to noncooperative game theory and shown how to model games and determine solution concepts. Models with incomplete information, the folk theorem and reputation, and bilateral bargaining are covered in depth. Information economics is explored next. A closing discussion concerns firms as organizations and gives readers a taste of transaction-cost economics.

Author : John G. Riley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 717 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521827478

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Essential Microeconomics by John G. Riley Pdf

Essential Microeconomics is designed to help students deepen their understanding of the core theory of microeconomics. Unlike other texts, this book focuses on the most important ideas and does not attempt to be encyclopedic. Two-thirds of the textbook focuses on price theory. As well as taking a new look at standard equilibrium theory, there is extensive examination of equilibrium under uncertainty, the capital asset pricing model, and arbitrage pricing theory. Choice over time is given extensive coverage and includes a basic introduction to control theory. The final third of the book, on game theory, provides a comprehensive introduction to models with asymmetric information. Topics such as auctions, signaling, and mechanism design are made accessible to students who have a basic rather than a deep understanding of mathematics. There is ample use of examples and diagrams to illustrate issues as well as formal derivations. Essential Microeconomics is designed to help students deepen their understanding of the core theory of microeconomics.

Author : Martin J. Osborne,Ariel Rubinstein
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781805111238

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Models in Microeconomic Theory by Martin J. Osborne,Ariel Rubinstein Pdf

Models in Microeconomic Theory covers basic models in current microeconomic theory. Part I (Chapters 1-7) presents models of an economic agent, discussing abstract models of preferences, choice, and decision making under uncertainty, before turning to models of the consumer, the producer, and monopoly. Part II (Chapters 8-14) introduces the concept of equilibrium, beginning, unconventionally, with the models of the jungle and an economy with indivisible goods, and continuing with models of an exchange economy, equilibrium with rational expectations, and an economy with asymmetric information. Part III (Chapters 15-16) provides an introduction to game theory, covering strategic and extensive games and the concepts of Nash equilibrium and subgame perfect equilibrium. Part IV (Chapters 17-20) gives a taste of the topics of mechanism design, matching, the axiomatic analysis of economic systems, and social choice. The book focuses on the concepts of model and equilibrium. It states models and results precisely, and provides proofs for all results. It uses only elementary mathematics (with almost no calculus), although many of the proofs involve sustained logical arguments. It includes about 150 exercises. With its formal but accessible style, this textbook is designed for undergraduate students of microeconomics at intermediate and advanced levels.

Author : David M. Kreps
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780198283812

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Game Theory and Economic Modelling by David M. Kreps Pdf

Comprises lectures given at Tel Aviv University and Oxford University in 1990.

Author : Douglas A. Irwin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351511261

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Jacob Viner by Douglas A. Irwin Pdf

This book presents, for the first time, a detailed transcription of Jacob Viner's Economics 301 class as taught in 1930. These lecture notes provide insight into the legacy of Jacob Viner, whose seminal contributions to fields such as international economics and the history of economics are well known, but whose impact in sparking the revival of Marshallian microeconomics in the United States via his classroom teaching has been less appreciated.Generations of graduate students at the University of Chicago have taken Economics 301. The course has been taught by such luminaries as Milton Friedman and Gary Becker, and remains an introduction to the analytical tools of microeconomics and the distinctive Chicago way of thinking about the market system. This demanding and rigorous course first became famous in the 1930s when it was taught by Jacob Viner.When read in tandem with the Transaction editions of Milton Friedman's Price Theory, Frank Knight's The Economic Organization, and Gary Becker's Economic Theory, Viner's lectures provide the reader with important insights into the formative period of Chicago price theory. These recently discovered notes from Viner's class will be important for historians of economic thought and anyone interested in the origins of the Chicago School of Economics.

Author : Roberto Serrano,Allan M. Feldman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107017344

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A Short Course in Intermediate Microeconomics with Calculus by Roberto Serrano,Allan M. Feldman Pdf

This is a textbook for an intermediate level course in microeconomics that uses calculus throughout. Most of the competition either uses no calculus or relegates the math to footnotes and appendices. The text also focuses on theory rather than empirical data. To motivate the analysis, the authors include references to real events and firms, with no distracting separate boxes.

Author : Peter E. Earl
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015037499368

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Microeconomics for Business and Marketing by Peter E. Earl Pdf

This text, which is designed for intermediate-level students of microeconomics, offers a series of alternative approaches to economic analysis. It emphasizes practical problem-solving, making it relevant to students of business and commerce. As well as neoclassical microeconomics, it seeks to promote an awareness of different approaches, including the application of behavioural-institutionalist economics to real world problems. Rather than emphasizing technical set pieces, this book offers students a range of approaches such as behavioural theories of consumer choice and institutionalist analysis of the economics.