Microeconomic Theory

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Samuelson, Larry (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1986, 1986
Edition:1st ed. 1986
Series:Recent Economic Thought
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction: An Affirmative View of Microeconomic Theory
  • 2 Alternatives to Expected Utility Theory for Risky Decisions
  • 3 Consumer Learning and Optimal Pricing Strategies for Products of Unknown Quality
  • 4 Rationality and Social Choice
  • 5 Resolution of Paradoxes in Social Choice
  • 6 The Demand Revealing Mechanism
  • 7 The Design of Efficient Resource Allocation Mechanisms
  • 8 The Theory of Bargaining
  • 9 The Elements of Fixprice Microeconomics
  • 10 Possibility Theorems, Incentives, and Progress in Economic Theory
  • 11 Institutions as a Solution Concept in a Game Theory Context
  • 12 The State of Microeconomics: An Historical Perspective