Mathematical Methods and Models for Economists

Thisbookisintendedasatextbookforafirst-yearPh.D.courseinmathematicsforeconomistsandasareferenceforgraduatestudentsineconomics.Itprovidesaself-contained,rigoroustreatmentofmostoftheconceptsandtechniquesrequiredtofollowthestandardfirst-yeartheorysequenceinmicroandmacroeconomics.Thetopicscoveredincludeanintroductiontoanalysisinmetricspaces,differentialcalculus,comparativestatics,convexity,staticoptimization,dynamicalsystemsanddynamicoptimization.Thebookincludesalargenumberofapplicationstostandardeconomicmodelsandovertwohundredfullyworked-outproblems.