The Theory of General Economic Equilibrium: A Differentiable Approach: 9 (Econometric Society Monographs, Series Number 9) - Softcover

Mas-Colell, Andreu

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521388708 ISBN 13: 9780521388702

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1990

Synopsis

Andreu Mas-Colell has been doing pioneering work using differential topology in the analysis of general equilibrium. This work is regarded as outstanding and one of the major contributions to the development of rigorous economic theory in the last twenty years. The articles he has written have been difficult and technically demanding. In this book he brings this work together to show its scope and its power. He presents the analysis in a way which makes it accessible to the broader range of economic theorists and advanced students. This book has been long awaited as a seminal contribution to the subject.

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Review:

'This thorough and lucid account of the use of differential methods in general equilibrium theory since 1970 is the most important new book in mathematical economics in over a decade.' Journal of Economic Literature

Book Description:

In this book Andreu Mas-Colell brings together work on economic theory written over the last twenty years, based upon his pioneering work in the use of differential topology in the analysis of general equilibrium. The analysis is presented in a way which makes it accessible to the broader range of economic theorists and advanced students.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0521388708
• ISBN 13: 9780521388702
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 392