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Silberberg, Eugene.

The structure of economics : a mathematical analysis / Eugene Silberberg, Wing Suen. - 3rd ed. - Boston, Mass. : McGraw-Hill, 2001. - xvii, 668 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Comparative statics and the paradigm of economics -- Review of calculus (one variable) -- Functions of several variables -- Profit maximization -- Matrices and determinants -- Comparative statics: the traditional methodology -- The envelope theorem and duality -- The derivation of cost functions -- Cost and production functions: special topics -- The derivation of consumer demand functions -- Special topics in consumer theory -- Intertemporal choice -- Behavior under uncertainty -- Maximization with inequality and nonnegativity constrints -- Contracts and incentives -- Markets with imperfect information -- General equilibrium I: linear models -- Genral equilibrium II: nonlinear models -- Welfare economics -- Resource allocation over time:optimal control theory.

ISBN: 0072343524 (alk. paper) 9780072343526 (alk. paper) 0071181369 9780071181365

LCCN: 00037220

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA0-71213

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Economics, Mathematical.
Mathematiques economiques.
Economia matematica.

LC Class. No.: HB135 / S54 2001

Dewey Class. No.: 330/.01/51