LEADER 05159nam 2200613 450 001 9910812155803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-118-62791-1 010 $a1-118-62826-8 010 $a1-118-62799-7 010 $a1-118-62813-6 035 $a(CKB)3710000000121782 035 $a(EBL)1699531 035 $a(OCoLC)881162186 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1699531 035 $a(DLC) 2014003281 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1699531 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10881238 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL615341 035 $a(PPN)187346690 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000121782 100 $a20140619h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aEconomic theory and the ancient Mediterranean /$fDonald W. Jones 210 1$aChichester, [England] :$cWiley Blackwell,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (604 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-118-62787-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $aCover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Rationale; Organization; Method; Reader Outcomes; Themes; Relevance and Applicability; References; Notes; Chapter 1 Production; 1.1 The Production Function; 1.2 The ""Law'' of Variable Proportions; 1.3 Substitution; 1.4 Measuring Substitution; 1.5 Specific ""Functional Forms'' for Production Functions; 1.6 Attributing Products to Inputs: Distributing Income from Production; 1.7 Efficiency and the Choice of How to Produce; 1.8 Predictions of Production Theory 1: Input Price Changes 327 $a1.9 Predictions of Production Theory 2: Technological Changes1.10 Stocks and Flows; 1.11 The Distribution of Income; 1.12 Production Functions in Achaemenid Babylonia; References; Suggested Readings; Notes; Chapter 2 Cost and Supply; 2.1 The Cost Function; 2.2 Short Run and Long Run; 2.3 The Relationship between Cost and Production; 2.4 Producers' Objectives; 2.5 Supply Curves; 2.6 Demands for Factors of Production; 2.7 Factor Costs in General: Wages and Rents; 2.8 Allocation of Factors across Activities; 2.9 Organizing Production: The Firm; 2.10 A More General Treatment of Cost Functions 327 $a2.11 The Economics of Mycenaean Vases, I: Supply and Cost2.12 Accounting for Apparent Cost Changes in Minoan Pottery; 2.13 Production in an Entire Economy: The Production Possibilities Frontier; References; Suggested Readings; Notes; Chapter 3 Consumption; 3.1 Rationality of the Consumer; 3.2 The Budget; 3.3 Utility and Indifference Curves; 3.4 Demand; 3.5 Demand Elasticities; 3.6 Aggregate Demand; 3.7 Evaluating Changes in Wellbeing; 3.8 Price and Consumption Indexes; 3.9 Intertemporal Choice; 3.10 Durable Goods and Discrete Choice; 3.11 Variety and Differentiated Goods 327 $a3.12 Value of Time and Household Production3.13 Risk, Risk Aversion, and Expected Utility; 3.14 Irrational Behavior; 3.15 Fixed Prices; 3.16 Applying Demand Concepts: Relationships between Housing Consumption, Housing Prices, and Incomes in Pompeii; 3.17 The Economics of Mycenaean Vases, II: Demand; References; Suggested Readings; Notes; Chapter 4 Industry Structure and the Types of Competition; 4.1 Perfect Competition; 4.2 Competitive Equilibrium; 4.3 Monopoly; 4.4 Oligopoly; 4.5 Monopolistic Competition; 4.6 Contestable Markets; 4.7 Buyer's Power: Monopsony 327 $a4.8 The Economics of Mycenaean Vases, III: Industry Structure4.9 Ancient Monopoly and Oligopoly: Religion and Foreign Trade; References; Suggested Readings; Notes; Chapter 5 General Equilibrium; 5.1 General Equilibrium as a Fact and as a Model; 5.1.1 The facts; 5.1.2 The models; 5.1.3 The questions; 5.2 The Walrasian Model; 5.3 Exchange; 5.4 The Two-Sector Model; 5.4.1 The basics with the Lerner-Pearce diagram; 5.4.2 Growth in factor supplies; 5.4.3 Technical change; 5.5 Existence and Uniqueness of Equilibrium; 5.6 Computable General Equilibrium Models; References; Suggested Readings; Notes 327 $aChapter 6 Public Economics 330 $aEconomic Theory and the Ancient Mediterranean presents a comprehensive introduction to the application of contemporary economic theory to the ancient societies of the Mediterranean Sea from the period of 5000 BCE to 400 CE. Offers an accessible presentation of modern economic theory and its relationships to ancient societiesPresents innovative expositions and applications of economic theory to issues in antiquity not often found in the literatureFeatures insightful discussions of the relevance of contemporary economic models to various situations in antiq 606 $aEconometrics 607 $aMediterranean Region$xEconomic conditions 607 $aMediterranean Region$xHistory$yTo 476 615 0$aEconometrics. 676 $a330.937 700 $aJones$b Donald W.$0123031 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812155803321 996 $aEconomic theory and the ancient Mediterranean$93951456 997 $aUNINA