000 00917nam a2200169Ia 4500
020 _a978-0198772101
082 _a330.01515 DIX
100 _aDixit, Avinash K.
245 _aOptimization in economic theory
250 _a2
260 _bOxford University Press
_aNew York
_c2009
300 _avi,188 p.
_b21 cm; Pbk
505 _a 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.
520 _aThis 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.
650 _aEconomics
_aMathematical optimization
942 _cBK
999 _c99100
_d99100