Optimisation and Stability Theory for Economic Analysis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 23, 1990
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9780521333078
Subjects: Economic theory & philosophy; Business/Economics; Business & Economics / Economic History; Economics, Mathematical; Mathematical Models In Economics; Mathematical optimization
First sentence: A large part of modern economic analysis, particularly microeconomic analysis which assumes optimizing behavior on the part of economic agents, relies on theorems dealing with a particular type of set, namely a convex set, and on theorems concerned with special types of functions, namely convex (concave) functions.