A classical book. | Theory of Value: An Axiomatic Analysis of Economic Equilibrium (Cowles Foundation...

Difficult, but it's best ! | Theory of Value: An Axiomatic Analysis of Economic Equilibrium (Cowles Foundation Monographs Series) | Gerard Debreu

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	• Theory of Value: An Axiomatic Analysis of Economic Equilibrium (Cowles Foundation Monographs Series) Gerard Debreu Yale University Press, 1972 - 128 pages average customer review:based on 4 reviews view larger image
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The canonical Book on General Equilibrium Analysis

This short book (roughly 100 pages) gives a clear exposition of the basic elements of axiomatic general equilibrium analysis. The first chapter introduces all (sic!) mathematics used in this book, mainly some topology of euclidean space and basic facts about convex sets. In principle only knowledge about counting is necessary, but some "mathematical maturity" is clearly required. I would advise the reader to learn the relevant topology elsewhere ("Introduction to Analysis" by M. Rosenlicht suffices) and use the first chapter only for reference.

The main text covers the Arrow-Debreu-McKenzie-model and its interpretation, proves its logcial consistency (existence) and investigates its efficiency properties. The formal model is clearly distinguished from its interpretation, which allows Debreu to introduce uncertainty in the model by a simple reinterpretation of the commodity space. The whole approach is axiomatic, which wasn't that usual when Debreu wrote the book in 1959. This book has changed the standards of mathematical rigor in economic theory.

This book is still used as a reference and deserves a place on every economic theorists bookshelf.

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A classical book.

This book is a classical. It's important you'll buy for your library.

Difficult, but it's best !

This is not an easy book. The mathematics are very rigorous, but everything is well defined, and it is self-contained. However, it pays to read this short book. If you want to understand the foundations of the modern economic analysis, this the place to look

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Perfection

Well, this book ,which was introduced to me by my microeconomic theory lecturer, is a perfect example for the basics of microconomic theory. It includes the main theorems that you will need when you deal with microeconomics; plus the book is simply very compact that you will face no difficulty whenever you go through the proofs. Also inclusion of almost all proofs in microeconomic theory does help the dealer. I highly recommend this book for who deals with microeconomic theory.

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