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Much of this book is concerned with the analysis of an idealized, decentralized economy. In particular, it is supposed,

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English Pages 466 Year 1971

Table of contents :
Cover 1
PREFACE 6
CONTENTS 12
CHAPTER 1 HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION 14
CHAPTER 2 MARKET EQUILIBRIUM: A FIRST APPROACH 29
CHAPTER 3 PRODUCTON DECISIONS AND THE BOUNDEDNESS OF THE ECONOMY 65
CHAPTER 4 CONSUMER DECISIONS AND EFFICIENT ALLOCATIONS 88
CHAPTER 5 THE EXISTENCE OF COMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIUM 120
CHAPTER 6 GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM UNDER ALTERNATIVE ASSUMPTIONS 142
CHAPTER 7 MARKETS WITH NON-CONVEX PREFERENCES 182
CHAPTER 8 THE CORE OF A MARKET ECONOMY 196
CHAPTER 9 THE UNIQUENESS OF COMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIUM 220
CHAPTER 10 COMPARING EQUILIBRIA 258
CHAPTER 11 INTRODUCTION TO STABILITY ANALYSIS 276
CHAPTER 12 STABILITY WITH RECONTRACTING 295
CHAPTER 13 TRADING OUT OF EQUILIBRIUM: A PURE-EXCHANGE ECONOMY 337
CHAPTER 14 THE KEYNESIAN MODEL 360
MATHEMATICAL APPENDIX A POSITIVE MATRICES 383
MATHEMATCAL APPENDIX B CONVEX AND RELATED SETS 388
MATHEMATICAL APPENDIX C FIXED POINT THEOREMS AND RELATED COMBINATORIAL ALGORITHMS 415
BIBLIOGRAPHY 441
AUTHORINDEX 451
SUBJECT INDEX 453

General Competitive Analysis [1 ed.]
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