Lecture Notes in Microeconomic Theory (eBook)

The Economic Agent - Second Edition

Ariel Rubinstein (Autor)

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2012 | 2., Second Edition
168 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-4246-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Ariel Rubinstein's well-known lecture notes on microeconomics-now fully revised and expandedThis book presents Ariel Rubinstein's lecture notes for the first part of his well-known graduate course in microeconomics. Developed during the fifteen years that Rubinstein taught the course at Tel Aviv University, Princeton University, and New York University, these notes provide a critical assessment of models of rational economic agents, and are an invaluable supplement to any primary textbook in microeconomic theory.In this fully revised and expanded second edition, Rubinstein retains the striking originality and deep simplicity that characterize his famously engaging style of teaching. He presents these lecture notes with a precision that gets to the core of the material, and he places special emphasis on the interpretation of key concepts. Rubinstein brings this concise book thoroughly up to date, covering topics like modern choice theory and including dozens of original new problems.Written by one of the world's most respected and provocative economic theorists, this second edition of Lecture Notes in Microeconomic Theory is essential reading for students, teachers, and research economists.Fully revised, expanded, and updatedRetains the engaging style and method of Rubinstein's well-known lecturesCovers topics like modern choice theoryFeatures numerous original new problems-including 21 new review problemsSolutions manual (available only to teachers) can be found at: http://gametheory.tau.ac.il/microTheory/.

Autor

Ariel Rubinstein is professor of economics at Tel Aviv University and New York University. He is the author of Economics and Language and Modeling Bounded Rationality and the coauthor of A Course in Game Theory and Bargaining and Markets.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.3.2012
• Zusatzinfo: 21 line illus. 3 tables.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Mikroökonomie
• Schlagworte: Access IS • Addition • Almost surely • Arrow's Impossibility Theorem • Axiom • axiomatic system • Big O notation • Binary Relation • book cover • Bounded Rationality • Budget set • Calculation • Career • Cauchy's functional equation • Choice function • Commodity • concave function • Consequentialism • consumer choice • convex function • convex set • Decision-Making • Decision rule • Decision Theory • Demand curve • Dense set • Differentiable function • Disjoint sets • Division by zero • Duality (optimization) • dutch book • Economics • Economic Theory (journal) • economist • empty set • estimation • Euclidean space • existential quantification • Expected utility hypothesis • expected value • Expenditure function • Expense • Finite set • Hicksian demand function • Homothetic preferences • Independence of irrelevant alternatives • Indifference curve • Indirect utility function • INTRANSITIVITY • Lexicographic preferences • Likelihood Function • marginal utility • Mathematical Induction • Maximal element • Microeconomics • Money pump • Monotonic Function • Mutual exclusivity • Natural number • New York University • Parameter • Preference • Preference (economics) • Preference Relation • Pricing • Princeton University Press • Probability • Quantity • Random Variable • Ranking (information retrieval) • rational agent • Rational Choice Theory • Rationality • real number • reason • Requirement • Revealed preference • Risk Aversion • Risk Premium • Roy's identity • Satisficing • Social Choice Theory • social welfare function • Status Quo Bias • St. Petersburg paradox • subjective expected utility • Subset • Summation • Surjective function • teaching assistant • Textbook • Theorem • theory • Topological space • Total Cost • Transitive relation • Transitivity • Two envelopes problem • Utility • Wealth
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-4246-8 / 1400842468
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-4246-9 / 9781400842469