Theory of Microeconomics

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsList of Notational Conventions and Basic SymbolsPart I Introduction Chapter 1. Methodology 1. Economics and Related Disciplines 2. The Purpose of Economic Theory 3. The Place of Mathematics in Economic Theory Chapter 2. Mathematical Prerequisites 1. Theory of Sets 2. Relations 3. Construction of the Real Line 4. Differentiable Functions in Euclidean n-Space 5. Geometry of En 6. Open Sets and Topological Spaces 7. Measure and Integration Chapter 3. Economic Background 1. Axiomatic Method 2. The Definitions of Economics and Its Relationship to Resource Allocation and Classical Mechanics 3. Some General Considerations on Orderings 4. Commodity Spaces 5. Statical Analysis under Parametric Behavior 6. A Caveat on Time in Economies 7. Games and ConflictPart II Production Chapter 4. Production 1. The Production Correspondence 2. Laws of Combination in Production Transformation 3. Laws of Returns in Production Transformations 4. Production Functions 5. Interindustry Production 6. Producer EfficiencyPart III Consumption Chapter 5. Preferences 1. Relationship and Choice 2. Properties on Preferences 3. Optimization: Some Formalisms and Extensions 4. Construction of Partial Orderings from Orderings Chapter 6. Utility 1. Regular Utility Functions 2. Continuous Utility Functions 3. Utility for Partial Orderings 4. Additive Utility 5. Preferences over Time 6. Concave Utility Functions 7. Differentiable Utility 8. Utility Equal to the Integral of Its Derivative 9. A Digression on Utility and Biology Chapter 7. Probability 1. Qualitative Probabilities 2. Derivation of Probability Measures 3. Splitting and Nonatomicity 4. Conditional Probability: Bayes' Rule Chapter 8. Consumer Demand 1. Introduction 2. Separable Preferences 3. Income and Substitution Effects 4. Explicit Solutions 5. Independent Preferences 6. Concavity Properties of Additive Utility 7. Consumer SurplusPart IV Trade Chapter 9. Exchange 1. Production and Preferences 2. Properties of Preferences on Trades 3. A Characterization of Economies: The Principle of Equivalence 4. Trade Efficiency 5. Consumer Efficiency Chapter 10. Market Organization 1. The Degree of Monopoly Power 2. Two-Person Bargaining Games 3. The Division of Profits 4. Factor Demands of the Industry 5. Factor Proportions 6. Elasticites of Demand for Factors 7. Comparative Statics with Imperfect Competition Chapter 11. Money and Assets 1. The Future and Futures Markets 2. The Demand for Money 3. Evaluation of Assets under Certainty 4. Uncertainty with Small Numbers of Independent Assets 5. Uncertainty with Large Numbers of Independent AssetsReferencesAuthor IndexSubject Index