Mathematical Economics
Twenty Papers of Gerard Debreu

Twenty papers written by the influential economic theorist Professor Gerard Debreu.

Gerard Debreu (Author), Werner Hildenbrand (Introduction by)

9780521335614, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 31 October 1986

264 pages
22.8 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.351 kg

'This work allows us to see an impressive collection of Debreu's work together as a body … a very useful reference in both research and teaching.' Journal of Economic Literature

These twenty papers were selected by the author. The book includes a major introduction by Werner Hildenbrand, who assesses Professor Debreu's contribution to economic theory and explains the part played by these papers in the development of the subject.

Introduction Werner Hildenbrand
1. The coefficient of resource utilization
2. A social equilibrium existence theorem
3. A classical tax-subsidy problem
4. Existence of an equilibrium for a competitive economy Kenneth J. Arrow and Gerard Debreu
5. Valuation equilibrium and Pareto optimum
6. Representation of a preference ordering by a numerical function
7. Market equilibrium
8. Economics under uncertainty
9. Topological methods in cardinal utiltity theory
10. New concepts and techniques for equilibrium analysis
11. A limit theorem on the core of an economy Gerard Debreu and Herbert Scarf
12. Continuty properties of Paretian utility
13. Neighboring economic agents
14. Economies with a finite set of equilibria
15. Smooth preferences
16. Excess demand functions
17. The rate of convergence of the core of an economy
18. Four aspects of the mathematical theory of economic equilibrium
19. The application to economies of differential topology and global analysis: regular differentiable economies
20. Least concave utility functions.

Subject Areas: Econometrics [KCH]