Mathematical Methods in Economics and Social Choice

• Main Author: Schofield, Norman (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2014.
• Series: Springer Texts in Business and Economics,
• Subjects: Political science.; Game theory.; Economic theory.; Public finance.; Economics.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.; Political Science.; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.; Public Economics.

In recent years, the usual optimization techniques, which have proved so useful in microeconomic theory, have been extended to incorporate more powerful topological and differential methods, and these methods have led to new results on the qualitative behavior of general economic and political syste...

Table of Contents:

• Sets, Relations and Preferences
• Linear Spaces and Transformations
• Topology and Convex Optimisation
• Differential Calculus and Smooth Optimisation
• Singularity Theory and General Equilibria
• Topology and Social Choice.