General Equilibrium: The New Palgrave

by John Eatwell and Murray Milgate

Book Overview

General Equilibrium deals with a central theme in modern economic theory - the economy considered as a system of interrelated markets.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393027287
• ISBN13: 9780393027280
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 3.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

All the GE that is fit to print...

This book contains the entries on General Equilibrium Theory from the New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. The entries are short essays by the contributors on various topics, usually in the form of small surveys on a specific topic. The list of contributors reads like a Who-is-Who of GET (Debreu, Scarf, McKenzie, Smale, Hildenbrand, Radner...)Pretty much every relevant topic is covered, from general surveys of GE to specific questions like the role of the free-disposal-assumption in existence proofs. The essays are well written enough to be read for pure enjoyment, but equally useful as a starting point for the investigation of the various questions. Some essays are a little bit technical, but that's to be expected, given the subject field. At least grad students should be able to understand all of it.