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Section |
Title |
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ONE |
INDIVIDUAL DECISION MAKING |
3 |
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3 |
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Ch 1 |
Preference and Choice |
5 |
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4 |
W |
7-Sep |
1.A |
Introduction |
5 |
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5 |
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1.B |
Preference Relations |
6 |
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6 |
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1.C |
Choice Rules |
9 |
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7 |
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1.D |
The Relationship between
Preference Relations and Choice Rules |
11 |
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8 |
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1 |
Exercises |
15 |
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9 |
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Ch 2 |
Consumer Choice |
17 |
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10 |
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2.A |
Introduction |
17 |
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11 |
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2.B |
Commodities |
17 |
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12 |
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2.C |
The Consumption Set |
18 |
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13 |
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2.D |
Competitive Budgets |
20 |
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14 |
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2.E |
Demand Functions and Comparative
Statics |
23 |
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15 |
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2.F |
The Weak Axiom of Revealed
Preference and the Law of Demand |
28 |
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16 |
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2 |
Exercises |
36 |
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17 |
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Ch 3 |
Classical Demand Theory |
40 |
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18 |
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3.A |
Introduction |
40 |
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19 |
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3.B |
Preference Relations: Basic
Properties |
41 |
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20 |
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3.C |
Preference and Utility |
46 |
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21 |
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3.D |
The Utility Maximization Problem |
50 |
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22 |
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3.E |
The Expenditure Minimization
Problem |
57 |
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23 |
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3.F |
Duality: A Mathematical
Introduction |
63 |
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24 |
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3.G |
Relationships between Demand,
Indirect Utility, and Expenditure Functions |
67 |
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25 |
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3.H |
Integrability |
75 |
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26 |
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3.I |
Welfare Evaluation of Economic
Changes |
80 |
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27 |
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3J |
The Strong Axiom of Revealed
Preference |
91 |
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28 |
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Apdx A |
Continuity and Differentiability
Properties of Walrasian Demand |
92 |
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29 |
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3 |
Exercises |
96 |
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30 |
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Ch 4 |
Aggregate Demand |
105 |
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31 |
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4.A |
Introduction |
105 |
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32 |
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4.B |
Aggregate Demand and Aggregate
Wealth |
106 |
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33 |
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4.C |
Aggregate Demand and the Weak
Axiom |
109 |
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34 |
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4.D |
Aggregate Demand and the
Existence of a Representative Consumer |
116 |
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35 |
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Apdx A |
Regularizing Effects of
Aggregation |
122 |
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36 |
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4 |
Exercises |
123 |
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37 |
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Ch 5 |
Production |
127 |
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38 |
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5.A |
Introduction |
127 |
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39 |
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5.B |
Production Sets |
128 |
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40 |
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5.C |
Profit Maximization and Cost
Minimization |
135 |
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41 |
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5.D |
The Geometry of Cost and Supply
in the Single-Output Case |
143 |
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42 |
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5.E |
Aggregation |
147 |
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43 |
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5.F |
Efficient Production |
149 |
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44 |
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5.G |
Remarks on the Objectives of the
Firm |
152 |
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45 |
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Apdx A |
The Linear Activity Model |
154 |
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46 |
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5 |
Exercises |
160 |
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47 |
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Ch 6 |
Choice Under Uncertainty |
167 |
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48 |
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6.A |
Introduction |
167 |
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49 |
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6.B |
Expected Utility Theory |
168 |
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50 |
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6.C |
Money Lotteries and Risk
Aversion |
183 |
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51 |
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6.D |
Comparison of Payoff
Distributions in Terms of Return and Risk |
194 |
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52 |
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6.E |
State-dependent Utility |
199 |
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53 |
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6.F |
Subjective Probability Theory |
205 |
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54 |
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6 |
Exercises |
208 |
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55 |
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TWO |
GAME THEORY |
217 |
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56 |
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Ch 7 |
Basic Elements of Noncooperative
Games |
219 |
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57 |
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7.A |
Introduction |
219 |
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58 |
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7.B |
What Is a Game? |
219 |
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59 |
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7.C |
The Extensive Form
Representation of a Game |
221 |
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60 |
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7.D |
Strategies and the Normal Form
Representation of a Game |
228 |
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61 |
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7.E |
Randomized Choices |
231 |
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62 |
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7 |
Exercises |
233 |
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63 |
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Ch 8 |
Simultaneous-Move Games |
235 |
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64 |
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8.A |
Introduction |
235 |
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65 |
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8.B |
Dominant and Dominated
Strategies |
236 |
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66 |
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8.C |
Rationalizable Strategies |
242 |
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67 |
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8.D |
Nash Equilibrium |
246 |
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68 |
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8.E |
Games of Incomplete Information:
Bayesian Nash Equilibrium |
253 |
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69 |
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8.F |
The Possibility of Mistakes:
Trembling-Hand Perfection |
258 |
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70 |
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Apdx A |
Existence of Nash Equilibrium |
260 |
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71 |
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8 |
Exercises |
262 |
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72 |
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Ch 9 |
Dynamic Games |
267 |
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73 |
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9.A |
Introduction |
267 |
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74 |
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9.B |
Sequential Rationality, Backward
Induction, and Subgame Perfection |
268 |
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75 |
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9.C |
Beliefs and Sequential
Rationality |
282 |
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76 |
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9.D |
Reasonable Beliefs and Forward
Induction |
292 |
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77 |
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Apdx A |
Finite and Infinite Horizon
Bilateral Bargaining |
296 |
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78 |
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Apdx B |
Extensive Form Trembling-Hand
Perfect Nash Equilibrium |
299 |
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79 |
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9 |
Exercises |
301 |
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80 |
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THREE |
MARKET EQUILIBRIUM AND MARKET
FAILURE |
307 |
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81 |
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Ch 10 |
Competitive Markets |
311 |
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82 |
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10.A |
Introduction |
311 |
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83 |
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10.B |
Pareto Optimality and
Competitive Equilibria |
312 |
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84 |
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10.C |
Partial Equilibrium Competitive
Analysis |
316 |
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85 |
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10.D |
The Fundamental Welfare Theorems
in a Partial Equilibrium Context |
325 |
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86 |
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10.E |
Welfare Analysis in the Partial
Equilibrium Model |
328 |
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87 |
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10.F |
Free-Entry and Long-Run
Competitive Equilibria |
334 |
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88 |
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10.G |
Concluding Remarks on Partial
Equilibrium Analysis |
341 |
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89 |
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10 |
Exercises |
344 |
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90 |
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Ch 11 |
Externalities and Public Goods |
350 |
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91 |
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11.A |
Introduction |
350 |
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92 |
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11.B |
A Simple Bilateral Externality |
351 |
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93 |
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11.C |
Public Goods |
359 |
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94 |
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11.D |
Multilateral Externalities |
364 |
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95 |
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11.E |
Private Information and
Second-Best Solutions |
368 |
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96 |
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Apdx A |
Nonconvexities and the Theory of
Externalities |
374 |
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97 |
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11 |
Exercises |
378 |
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98 |
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Ch 12 |
Market Power |
383 |
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99 |
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12.A |
Introduction |
383 |
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100 |
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12.B |
Monopoly Pricing |
384 |
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101 |
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12.C |
Static Models of Oligopoly |
387 |
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102 |
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12.D |
Repeated Interaction |
400 |
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103 |
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12.E |
Entry |
405 |
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104 |
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12.F |
The Competitive Limit |
411 |
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105 |
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12.G |
Strategic Precommitments to
Affect Future Competition |
414 |
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106 |
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Apdx A |
Infinitely Repeated Games and
the Folk Theorem |
417 |
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107 |
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Apdx B |
Strategic Entry Deterrence and
Accommodation |
423 |
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108 |
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12 |
Exercises |
428 |
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110 |
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Ch 13 |
Adverse Selection, Signaling,
and Screening |
436 |
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111 |
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13.A |
Introduction |
436 |
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112 |
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13.B |
Informational Asymmetries and
Adverse Selection |
437 |
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113 |
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13.C |
Signaling |
450 |
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114 |
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13.D |
Screening |
460 |
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115 |
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Apdx A |
Reasonable-Beliefs Refinements
in Signaling Games |
467 |
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116 |
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13 |
Exercises |
473 |
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117 |
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Ch 14 |
The Principal-Agent Problem |
477 |
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118 |
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14.A |
Introduction |
477 |
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119 |
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14.B |
Hidden Actions (Moral Hazard) |
478 |
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120 |
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14.C |
Hidden Information (and
Monopolistic Screening) |
488 |
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121 |
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14.D |
Hidden Actions and Hidden
Information: Hybrid Models |
501 |
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122 |
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Apdx A |
Multiple Effort Levels in the
Hidden Action Model |
502 |
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123 |
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Apdx B |
A Formal Solution of the
Principal-Agent Problem with Hidden Information |
504 |
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124 |
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14 |
Exercises |
507 |
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125 |
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FOUR |
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM |
511 |
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126 |
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Ch 15 |
General Equilibrium Theory: Some
Examples |
515 |
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127 |
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15.A |
Introduction |
515 |
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128 |
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15.B |
Pure Exchange: The Edgeworth Box |
515 |
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129 |
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15.C |
The One-Consumer, One-Producer
Economy |
525 |
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130 |
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15.D |
The 2 x 2 Production Model |
529 |
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131 |
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15.E |
General Versus Partial
Equilibrium Theory |
538 |
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132 |
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15 |
Exercises |
540 |
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133 |
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Ch 16 |
Equilibrium and Its Basic
Welfare Properties |
545 |
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135 |
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16.A |
Introduction |
545 |
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136 |
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16.B |
The Basic Model and Definitions |
546 |
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137 |
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16.C |
The First Fundamental Theorem of
Welfare Economics |
549 |
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138 |
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16.D |
The Second Fundamental Theorem
of Welfare Economics |
551 |
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139 |
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16.E |
Pareto Optimality and Social
Welfare Optima |
558 |
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140 |
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16.F |
First-Order Conditions for
Pareto Optimality |
561 |
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141 |
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16.G |
Some Applications |
566 |
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142 |
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Apdx A |
Technical Properties of the Set
of Feasible Allocations |
573 |
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143 |
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16 |
Exercises |
575 |
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144 |
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Ch 17 |
The Positive Theory of
Equilibrium |
578 |
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145 |
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17.A |
Introduction |
578 |
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146 |
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17.B |
Equilibrium: Definitions and
Basic Equations |
579 |
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147 |
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17.C |
Existence of Walrasian
Equilibrium |
584 |
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148 |
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17.D |
Local Uniqueness and the Index
Theorem |
589 |
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149 |
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17.E |
Anything Goes:The
Sonnenschein-Mantel-Debreu Theorem |
598 |
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150 |
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17.F |
Uniqueness of Equilibria |
606 |
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151 |
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17.G |
Comparative Statics Analysis |
616 |
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152 |
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17.H |
Tatonnement Stability |
620 |
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153 |
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17.1 |
Large Economies and
Nonconvexities |
627 |
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154 |
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Apdx A |
Characterizing Equilibrium
through Welfare Equations |
630 |
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155 |
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Apdx B |
A General Approach to the
Existence of Walrasian Equilibrium |
632 |
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156 |
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17 |
Exercises |
641 |
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157 |
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Ch 18 |
Some Foundations for Competitive
Equilibria |
652 |
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158 |
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18.A |
Introduction |
652 |
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159 |
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18.B |
Core and Equilibria |
652 |
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160 |
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18.C |
Noncooperative Foundations of
Walrasian Equilibria |
660 |
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161 |
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18.D |
The Limits to Redistribution |
665 |
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162 |
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18.E |
Equilibrium and the Marginal
Productivity Principle |
670 |
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163 |
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Apdx A |
Cooperative Game Theory |
673 |
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164 |
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18 |
Exercises |
684 |
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165 |
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Ch 19 |
General Equilibrium Under
Uncertainty |
687 |
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166 |
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19.A |
Introduction |
687 |
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167 |
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19.B |
A Market Economy with Contingent
Commodities: Description |
688 |
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168 |
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19.C |
Arrow-Debreu Equilibrium |
691 |
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169 |
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19.D |
Sequential Trade |
694 |
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170 |
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19.E |
Asset Markets |
699 |
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171 |
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19.F |
Incomplete Markets |
709 |
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172 |
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19.G |
Firm Behavior in General
Equilibrium Models Under Uncertainty |
713 |
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173 |
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19.H |
Imperfect Information |
716 |
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174 |
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19 |
Exercises |
725 |
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175 |
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Ch 20 |
Equilibrium and Time |
732 |
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176 |
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20.A |
Introduction |
732 |
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177 |
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20.B |
Intertemporal Utility |
733 |
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178 |
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20.C |
Intertemporal Production and
Efficiency |
736 |
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179 |
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20.D |
Equilibrium: The One-Consumer
Case |
743 |
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180 |
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20.E |
Stationary Paths, Interest
Rates, and Golden Rules |
754 |
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181 |
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20.F |
Dynamics |
759 |
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182 |
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20.G |
Equilibrium: Several Consumers |
765 |
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183 |
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20.H |
Overlapping Generations |
769 |
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184 |
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20.1 |
Remarks on Nonequilibrium
Dynamics: Tatonnement and Learning |
778 |
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185 |
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20 |
Exercises |
782 |
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187 |
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FIVE |
WELFARE ECONOMICS AND INCENTIVES |
787 |
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188 |
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Ch 21 |
Social Choice Theory |
789 |
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189 |
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21.A |
Introduction |
789 |
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190 |
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21.B |
A Special Case: Social
Preferences over Two Alternatives |
790 |
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191 |
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21.C |
The General Case: Arrow's
Impossibility Theorem |
792 |
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192 |
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21.D |
Some Possibility Results:
Restricted Domains |
799 |
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193 |
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21.E |
Social Choice Functions |
807 |
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194 |
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21 |
Exercises |
812 |
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195 |
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Ch 22 |
Elements of Welfare Economics
and Axiomatic Bargaining |
817 |
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196 |
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22.A |
Introduction |
817 |
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197 |
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22.B |
Utility Possibility Sets |
818 |
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198 |
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22.C |
Social Welfare Functions and
Social Optima |
825 |
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199 |
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22.D |
Invariance Properties of Social
Welfare Functions |
831 |
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200 |
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22.E |
The Axiomatic Bargaining
Approach |
838 |
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201 |
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22.F |
Coalitional Bargaining: The
Shapley Value |
846 |
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202 |
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22 |
Exercises |
850 |
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203 |
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Ch 23 |
Incentives and Mechanism Design |
857 |
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204 |
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23.A |
Introduction |
857 |
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205 |
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23.B |
The Mechanism Design Problem |
858 |
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206 |
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23.C |
Dominant Strategy Implementation |
869 |
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207 |
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23.D |
Bayesian Implementation |
883 |
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208 |
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23.E |
Participation Constraints |
891 |
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209 |
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23.F |
Optimal Bayesian Mechanisms |
897 |
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210 |
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Apdx A |
Implementation and Multiple
Equilibria |
910 |
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211 |
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Apdx B |
Implementation in Environments
with Complete Information |
912 |
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212 |
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23 |
Exercises |
918 |
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213 |
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MATH |
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926 |
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214 |
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M.A |
Matrix Notation for Derivatives |
926 |
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215 |
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M.B |
Homogeneous Functions and
Euler's Formula |
928 |
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216 |
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M.C |
Concave and Quasiconcave
Functions |
930 |
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217 |
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M.D |
Matrices:Negative
(Semi)Definiteness and Other Properties |
935 |
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218 |
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M.E |
The Implicit Function Theorem |
940 |
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219 |
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M.F |
Continuous Functions and Compact
Sets |
943 |
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220 |
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M.G |
Convex Sets and Separating
Hyperplanes |
946 |
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221 |
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M.H |
Correspondences |
949 |
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222 |
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M.I |
Fixed Point Theorems |
952 |
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223 |
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M J |
Unconstrained Maximization |
954 |
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224 |
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M.K |
Constrained Maximization |
956 |
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225 |
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M.L |
The Envelope Theorem |
964 |
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226 |
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M.M |
Linear Programming |
966 |
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227 |
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M.N |
Dynamic Programming |
969 |
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228 |
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Index |
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