Microtheory: Applications and Origins

by William J. Baumol

Book Overview

This volume of seventeen previously published essays by William J. Baumol brings together work on the theory of contestable markets, welfare theory, antitrust, pricing, and the history of economic thought. Written between 1971 and 1983, they have sparked productive extensions and criticism in microeconomic theory and provide an engaging intellectual history of one of the leading figures in the field of economics. Baumol introduces each of the book's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262022451
• ISBN13: 9780262022453
• Release Date: July 1986
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.9" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher