Economic Foundations of Symmetric Programming

Economic Foundations of Symmetric Programming
ISBN-10
1139492292
ISBN-13
9781139492294
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
568
Language
English
Published
2010-11-01
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Author
Quirino Paris

Description

The search for symmetry is part of the fundamental scientific paradigm in mathematics and physics. Can this be valid also for economics? This book represents an attempt to explore this possibility. The behavior of price-taking producers, monopolists, monopsonists, sectoral market equilibria, behavior under risk and uncertainty, and two-person zero- and non-zero-sum games are analyzed and discussed under the unifying structure called the linear complementarity problem. Furthermore, the equilibrium problem allows for the relaxation of often-stated but unnecessary assumptions. This unifying approach offers the advantage of a better understanding of the structure of economic models. It also introduces the simplest and most elegant algorithm for solving a wide class of problems.

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