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Zusatztext This impressive piece is bound soon to become a standard reference for those teaching microeconomics at the graduate level ... this book reads reasonably well and covers virtually all the material on microeconomic theory that can be taught to doctoral students up to date ... The obvious qualities of this book are clarity and lucidity. In most cases, precise definitions and formal proofs of propositions are supplied, accompanied by appropriate remarks, discussions, and examples. Not only does this rigorous treatment help readers to get a clear idea of the basic theory, but also, as an important byproduct, it teaches them how to reconstruct the proofs themselves ... the main quality of this book is probably that the recourse to abstraction is never fortuitous: it is always justified by a research conciseness and is systematically motivated by simple yet convincing illustrations. Klappentext This is a comprehensive textbook covering all of the topics taught in the graduate-level, two-semester course in microeconomic theory required of all graduate students in economics. It combines the results of the authors' experience of teaching microeconomics at Harvard and has been fully classroom tested. Zusammenfassung This is a comprehensive textbook covering all of the topics taught in the graduate-level, two-semester course in microeconomic theory required of all graduate students in economics. It combines the results of the authors' experience of teaching microeconomics at Harvard and has been fully classroom tested. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Individual Decision-Making Introduction to Part I 1: Preference and Choice 2: Consumer Choice 3: Classical Demand Theory 4: Aggregate Demand 5: Production 6: Choice under Uncertainty Part II: Game Theory Introduction to Part II 7: Chapter 7: Basic Elements of Non-Cooperative Games 8: Chapter 8: Simultaneous-Move Games 9: Chapter 9: Dynamic Games Part III: Market Equilibrium and Market Failure Introduction to Part III 10: Chapter 10: Competitive Markets 11: Extrnalities and Public Goods 12: Market Power 13: Adverse Selection, Signalling, and Screening 14: The Principal-Agent Problem Part IV: General Equilibrium Introduction to Part IV 15: General Equilibrium Theory: Some Examples 16: Equilibrium and its Basic Welfare Properties 17: The Positive Theory of Equilibrium 18: Some Foundations for Competitive Equilibria 19: General Equilibrium under Uncertainty 20: Equilibrium and Time Part V: Welfare Economics and Incentives Introduction to Part V 21: Social Choice Theory 22: Elements of Welfare Economics and Axiomatic Bargaining 23: Incentives and Mechanism Design Mathematical Appendix ...
