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Microeconomics / edited by Hugh Gravelle and Ray Rees

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Essex : Pearson, 2004. Edition: 3rd editionDescription: viii, 738 pages. 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780582404878 (paperback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.5 GRA
Contents:
Preface - 1 The nature and scope of microeconomics - 2 The theory of the consumer - 3 Consumer theory: duality - 4 Further models of consumer behaviour - 5 Production - 6 Cost - 7 Supply and firm objectives - 8 The theory of a competitive market - 9 Monopoly - 10 Input markets - 11 Capital markets - 12 General equilibrium - 13 Welfare economics - 14 Market failure and government failure - 15 Game theory - 16 Oligopoly - 17 Choice under uncertainty - 18 Production under uncertainty - 19 Insurance, risk spreading and risk pooling - 20 Agency and contract theory - 21 General equilibrium under uncertainty and incomplete markets - Mathematical Appendices - References and further readings – Bibliography – Index.
Summary: This is a standard text for upper level undergraduate/postgraduate microeconomics. The book begins at the intermediate level and ends at a level appropriate for the graduate student. Updated and revised, this is a new edition of one of the best-selling advanced microeconomics texts to be published in Europe. This well informed book provides a comprehensive exposition of modern microeconomic theory, covering many of the issues currently being researched and debated. The book offers very rigorous, mathematical treatment of the topics discussed making it appropriate for graduate as well as able intermediate level students. The writing style is clear and concise and the book is particularly liked for the thoroughness with which the concepts are dealt.
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Preface -
1 The nature and scope of microeconomics -
2 The theory of the consumer -
3 Consumer theory: duality -
4 Further models of consumer behaviour -
5 Production -
6 Cost -
7 Supply and firm objectives -
8 The theory of a competitive market -
9 Monopoly -
10 Input markets -
11 Capital markets -
12 General equilibrium -
13 Welfare economics -
14 Market failure and government failure -
15 Game theory -
16 Oligopoly -
17 Choice under uncertainty -
18 Production under uncertainty -
19 Insurance, risk spreading and risk pooling -
20 Agency and contract theory -
21 General equilibrium under uncertainty and incomplete markets -
Mathematical Appendices -
References and further readings –
Bibliography –
Index.

This is a standard text for upper level undergraduate/postgraduate microeconomics.
The book begins at the intermediate level and ends at a level appropriate for the graduate student. Updated and revised, this is a new edition of one of the best-selling advanced microeconomics texts to be published in Europe. This well informed book provides a comprehensive exposition of modern microeconomic theory, covering many of the issues currently being researched and debated. The book offers very rigorous, mathematical treatment of the topics discussed making it appropriate for graduate as well as able intermediate level students. The writing style is clear and concise and the book is particularly liked for the thoroughness with which the concepts are dealt.