Microeconomics analysis

Hal R. Varian9780393957358, 0393957357

Microeconomic Analysis has been a fixture of graduate programs in economics for fifteen years. It has held this position because it has the authority, the clarity, and the breadth necessary for a classic text. This new Third Edition continues to supply the building blocks of microeconomic analysis: a thorough treatment of optimization and equilibrium methods, coupled with numerous examples of their application.The Third Edition expands on the earlier editions in two ways. First, the existing coverage has been rewritten and rearranged. Second, new chapters have been added on game theory, oligopoly, asset markets, and information economics. The rearrangement follows the model of Hal Varian’s Intermediate Microeconomics: a number of short chapters, each devoted to a single topic. In fact, the topical division is as close as possible to that of the undergraduate text. This makes it easy to review undergraduate material before moving on to graduate material. The new chapters highlight significant developments in microeconomic theory in the last ten years at a level that is accessible for first-year graduate students.

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Table of contents :
Contents……Page 1
Ch.1 Technology……Page 7
Ch.2 Profit Maximization……Page 18
Ch.3 Profit Function……Page 27
Ch.4 Cost Minimization……Page 31
Ch.5 Cost Function……Page 39
Ch.6 Duality……Page 47
Ch.7 Utility Maximization……Page 54
Ch.8 Choice……Page 65
Ch.9 Demand……Page 79
Ch.10 Consumers Surplus……Page 87
Ch.11 Uncertainty……Page 93
Ch.12 Econometrics……Page 106
Ch.13 Competitive Markets……Page 114
Ch.14 Monopoly……Page 123
Ch.15 Game Theory……Page 136
Ch.16 Oligopoly……Page 149
Ch.17 Exchange……Page 163
Ch.18 Production……Page 176
Ch.19 Time……Page 186
Ch.20 Asset Markets……Page 191
Ch.21 Equilibrium Analysis……Page 200
Ch.22 Welfare……Page 209
Ch.23 Public Goods……Page 214
Ch.24 Externalities……Page 223
Ch.25 Information……Page 227
Ch.26 Mathematics……Page 243
Ch.27 Optimization……Page 250
References……Page 260
Answers……Page 264
Index……Page 278