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- Will help make the concepts underlying mathematical economics, general equilibrium theory, and social choice theory more accessible.
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Studies in Economic Theory (ECON.THEORY, volume 17)
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About this book
In recent years, the usual optimization techniques, which have proved so useful in microeconomic theory, have been extended to incorporate more powerful topological and differential methods, and these methods have led to new results on the qualitative behavior of general economic and political systems. These developments have necessarily resulted in an increase in the degree of formalism in the publications in the academic journals. This formalism can often deter graduate students. The progression of ideas presented in this book will familiarize the student with the geometric concepts underlying these topological methods, and, as a result, make mathematical economics, general equilibrium theory, and social choice theory more accessible.
Keywords
- Dynamical systems
- Fixed point theory
- Quantitative methods
- Topology
- Transversality
Authors and Affiliations
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Washington University in Saint Louis Center in Political Economy, Saint Louis, USA
Norman Schofield
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mathematical Methods in Economics and Social Choice
Authors: Norman Schofield
Series Title: Studies in Economic Theory
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-00086-0Published: 12 February 2003
Series ISSN: 1431-8849
Series E-ISSN: 2196-9930
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 300
Additional Information: Originally published as volume 17 in the series: Studies in Economic Theory