Producers, Consumers, and Partial Equilibrium

Author:   David Mandy (University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
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9780128110232


Pages:   422
Publication Date:   09 November 2016
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Producers, Consumers, and Partial Equilibrium provides a systematic and accessible presentation of the full formal details in the core theories of producer and consumer choice under conditions of price taking; and covers the standard theories of competitive, monopoly, and oligopoly partial equilibrium among these economic actors. The book pulls together foundational content from many classic sources and organizes it in a self-contained format that rigidly adheres to optimization as the central behavioral postulate and analytical tool for economic theory. The book maintains a sharp focus on the properties of outcomes from optimizing behavior in varying environments. These properties are the refutable hypotheses from each optimization behavioral postulate, and they form the core content of this positive economic theory. In so doing, the book presents and documents the underlying formal structure of the theory with a higher degree of integration and completeness than is typical of Ph.D. textbooks in microeconomics.

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Author:   David Mandy (University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.630kg
ISBN:  

9780128110232


ISBN 10:   0128110236
Pages:   422
Publication Date:   09 November 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part 1: Optimization Introduction Chapter 1: Properties of a Maximum Chapter 2: Properties of a Maximum Under Active Constraint Chapter 3: Convex Functions Part 2: Producers Introduction Chapter 4: Profit Maximization Chapter 5: Duality of the Profit Maximum Chapter 6: Cost Minimization Chapter 7: Cost in Output Markets Part 3: Consumers Introduction Chapter 8: Preferences Chapter 9: Expenditure Minimization Chapter 10: Utility Maximization Chapter 11: Duality of the Utility Maximum Chapter 12: Consumer Welfare Part 4: Partial Equilibrium Introduction Chapter 13: Perfect Competition Chapter 14: Monopoly Chapter 15: Oligopoly

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This textbook of advanced level covers almost all themes of modern microeconomic theory...presents state-of-the-art models and the mathematical apparatus of microeconomics...All chapters contain bibliographic notes and many exercises. --Zentralblatt MATH I wish I had David Mandy's book, Producers, Consumers, and Partial Equilibrium, during my many years of teaching the core theories of consumer and producer choice to graduate students. Working through the elegant and rigorous treatment plus the many exercises in Mandy's book will give the student a very solid foundation of understanding of this core material. --William A. Brock, University of Wisconsin, Madison and University of Missouri, Columbia This text is much more self-contained than many other modern treatment of core microeconomic theory. First-year graduate students will find this a great resource tying optimization and economics in a clear and logical development. --Jonathan Hamilton, University of Florida Producers, Consumers and Partial Equilibrium provides a rigorous, in depth, and self-contained treatment of the mathematics and fundamental results from classical microeconomic theory of consumer and producer behavior in a partial equilibrium context. Mandy's clear and logical presentation, together with the numerous exercises at the end of each chapter, make this book indispensable reading for doctoral students in Economics and related disciplines. --Carlos Martins-Filho, University of Colorado, Boulder Mandy takes students through the foundations of neoclassical economics. He shows how basic tools derived from optimization theory, namely, contemporary duality techniques, unify arguments whether they concern producer or consumer decisions. In all cases the ultimate objective is to derive comparative statics results in a systematic manner. Mandy accomplishes this task so well that his book could by profitably used by students learning this material on their own. --Robert Becker, Indiana University David Mandy has written an elegant book that deeply investigates both the necessary mathematical tools to study neoclassical models and the application of those tools to many economic environments. It will be an excellent text for both the math camp and first semester Ph.D. courses in economics. --Gary Biglaiser, University of North Carolina


I wish I had David Mandy's book, Producers, Consumers, and Partial Equilibrium, during my many years of teaching the core theories of consumer and producer choice to graduate students. Working through the elegant and rigorous treatment plus the many exercises in Mandy's book will give the student a very solid foundation of understanding of this core material. --William A. Brock, University of Wisconsin, Madison and University of Missouri, Columbia This text is much more self-contained than many other modern treatment of core microeconomic theory. First-year graduate students will find this a great resource tying optimization and economics in a clear and logical development. --Jonathan Hamilton, University of Florida Producers, Consumers and Partial Equilibrium provides a rigorous, in depth, and self-contained treatment of the mathematics and fundamental results from classical microeconomic theory of consumer and producer behavior in a partial equilibrium context. Mandy's clear and logical presentation, together with the numerous exercises at the end of each chapter, make this book indispensable reading for doctoral students in Economics and related disciplines. --Carlos Martins-Filho, University of Colorado, Boulder Mandy takes students through the foundations of neoclassical economics. He shows how basic tools derived from optimization theory, namely, contemporary duality techniques, unify arguments whether they concern producer or consumer decisions. In all cases the ultimate objective is to derive comparative statics results in a systematic manner. Mandy accomplishes this task so well that his book could by profitably used by students learning this material on their own. --Robert Becker, Indiana University David Mandy has written an elegant book that deeply investigates both the necessary mathematical tools to study neoclassical models and the application of those tools in non-strategic environments. It will be an excellent text for both the 'math camp' and first semester Ph.D. courses in economics. --Gary Biglaiser, University of North Carolina


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Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, David Mandy received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. He has published in Econometrica, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Econometrics, International Economic Review, Economica, Economics Letters, the International Journal of Industrial Organization, and the Journal of Regulatory Economics.

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