TY - BOOK AU - Dixit, Avinash K. TI - Optimization in economic theory SN - 978-0198772101 U1 - 330.01515 DIX PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Economics KW - Mathematical optimization N1 - Introduction -- Lagrange's method -- Extensions and generalizations -- Shadow prices -- Maximum value functions -- Convex sets and their separation -- Concave programming -- Second-order conditions -- Uncertainty -- Time: the maximum principle -- Dynamic programming N2 - This book provides a broad study of optimization methods. It builds on the base of simple economic theory, elementary linear algebra and calculus, and reinforces each new mathematical idea by relating it to its economic application ER -