Variants in Economic Theory: Selected Work of Hal R. Varian (Economists of the Twentieth Century)

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Hal Varian, in the course of a long and distinguished career, has made a seminal contribution to many branches of economics. His path-breaking work on the development of economic theory, finance, industrial organization and econometrics is represented in this important new collection of key articles published over the last twenty years. The book highlights Hal Varian's influence upon equity, dynamics, price discrimination, economic incentives, revealed preference, econometrics, public goods and economic methodology. Many of the papers are not easily accessible through other sources and so this book will be an invaluable point of reference for scholars and graduate students.


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Dean, School of Information Management and Systems, University of California at Berkeley


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Assembles 22 key papers that Varian (information management and systems, business, and economics, U. of California-Berkeley) has published over the past two decades. They highlight his contributions to equity, dynamics, price discrimination, economic incentives, revealed preference, econometrics, public goods, and economic methodology. Among the topics are two problems in the theory of fairness, boundary restrictions in the global Newton method, the nonparametric approach to analyzing demand and production, a Bayesian approach to assessing real estate, a model of sales, differences of opinion and the volume of trade, a solution to the problem of externalities, economic incentives in software design, and how to build an economic model in your spare time. Many of the papers are not readily available elsewhere, so the collection could be very useful for scholars and graduate students. He does not index subjects. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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