Symmetry and Economic Invariance: An Introduction

Symmetry and Economic Invariance: An Introduction explores how symmetry and invariance of economic models can provide insights into their properties. While the professional economist is nowadays adept at many of the mathematical techniques used in static and dynamic optimization models, group theory...

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Main Authors: Sato, Ryuzo, Ramachandran, Rama V. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1998, 1998
Edition:1st ed. 1998
Series:Research Monographs in Japan-U.S. Business and Economics
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Symmetry and Economic Invariance: An Introduction explores how symmetry and invariance of economic models can provide insights into their properties. While the professional economist is nowadays adept at many of the mathematical techniques used in static and dynamic optimization models, group theory is still not among his or her repertoire of tools. The authors aim to show that group theoretic methods form a natural extension of the techniques commonly used in economics and that they can be easily mastered
Physical Description:VIII, 134 p online resource
ISBN:9781461555131