Models in Microeconomic Theory / / Martin J. Osborne, Ariel Rubinstein |
Autore | Osborne Martin J. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Open Book Publishers, 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (362 p.) |
Soggetto topico |
Economic theory & philosophy
Biography & True Stories Social research & statistics Economics, finance, business & management |
Soggetto non controllato |
microeconomic theory; basic models; models of an economic agent; equilibrium; game theory; mechanism design; matching; axiomatic analysis of economic systems; social choice; undergraduate students; microeconomics
microeconomic theory basic models models of an economic agent equilibrium game theory mechanism design matching axiomatic analysis of economic systems social choice undergraduate students microeconomics |
ISBN | 1-78374-894-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Personal note -- Preface -- Part I Individual behavior -- 1 Preferences and utility -- 1.1 Preferences -- 1.2 Preference formation -- 1.3 An experiment -- 1.4 Utility functions -- Problems -- Notes -- 2 Choice -- 2.1 Choice and rational choice -- 2.2 Rationalizing choice -- 2.3 Property alpha -- 2.4 Satisficing -- 2.5 The money pump argument -- 2.6 Evidence of choices inconsistent with rationality -- Problems -- Notes -- 3 Preferences under uncertainty -- 3.1 Lotteries -- 3.2 Preferences over lotteries -- 3.3 Expected utility -- 3.4 Theory and experiments -- 3.5 Risk aversion
7 Monopoly -- 7.1 Basic model -- 7.2 Uniform-price monopolistic market -- 7.3 Discriminatory monopoly -- 7.4 Implicit discrimination -- Problems -- Notes -- Part II Equilibrium -- 8 A jungle -- 8.1 Model -- 8.2 Equilibrium -- 8.3 Pareto stability -- 8.4 Equilibrium and Pareto stability in a jungle -- 8.5 Which allocations can be obtained by a social planner who controls the power relation? -- 8.6 Externalities -- Problems -- Notes -- 9 A market -- 9.1 Model -- 9.2 Existence and construction of a market equilibrium -- 9.3 Equilibrium and Pareto stability -- 9.4 Uniqueness of market equilibrium Problems -- 13 Equilibrium with prices and expectations -- 13.1 Distributing customers among bank branches -- 13.2 Asymmetric information and adverse selection -- 13.3 A fishing economy -- Problems -- Notes -- 14 A market with asymmetric information -- 14.1 Introductory model -- 14.2 Labor market with education -- Problems -- Notes -- Part III Game theory -- 15 Strategic games -- 15.1 Strategic games and Nash equilibrium -- 15.2 Basic examples -- 15.3 Economic examples -- 15.4 Existence of Nash equilibrium -- 15.5 Strictly competitive games -- 15.6 Kantian equilibrium -- 15.7 Mixed strategies Problems -- Notes -- 10 An exchange economy -- 10.1 Model -- 10.2 Competitive equilibrium -- 10.3 Existence of a competitive equilibrium -- 10.4 Reopening trade -- 10.5 Equilibrium and Pareto stability -- 10.6 The core -- 10.7 Competitive equilibrium based on demand functions -- 10.8 Manipulability -- 10.9 Edgeworth box -- Problems -- Notes -- 11 Variants of an exchange economy -- 11.1 Market with indivisible good and money -- 11.2 Exchange economy with uncertainty -- Problems -- Notes -- 12 A market with consumers and producers -- 12.1 Production economy -- 12.2 An economy with capital and labor Problems -- Notes -- 4 Consumer preferences -- 4.1 Bundles of goods -- 4.2 Preferences over bundles -- 4.3 Monotonicity -- 4.4 Continuity -- 4.5 Convexity -- 4.6 Differentiability -- Problems -- Notes -- 5 Consumer behavior -- 5.1 Budget sets -- 5.2 Demand functions -- 5.3 Rational consumer -- 5.4 Differentiable preferences -- 5.5 Rationalizing a demand function -- 5.6 Properties of demand functions -- Problems -- Notes -- 6 Producer behavior -- 6.1 The producer -- 6.2 Output maximization -- 6.3 Profit maximization -- 6.4 Cost function -- 6.5 Producers' preferences -- Problems -- Notes |
Altri titoli varianti | Models in Microeconomic Theory |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910404148403321 |
Osborne Martin J. | ||
Open Book Publishers, 2020 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Outdoor Adventure Education : Trends and New Directions |
Autore | Roberts Nina S |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (134 p.) |
Soggetto topico |
Humanities
Education |
Soggetto non controllato |
outdoor adventure education
social justice inclusive praxis Outward Bound policy purposes practice barriers outdoor learning outdoor and adventure education international perspectives comparative experiential learning transformative learning equity pedagogy whiteness gender critical theory outdoor education outdoor skills partnership outdoor programs outdoor education in urban areas outdoor recreation female empowerment single-gender adolescent programming adolescent girls outdoor camp girls' camp youth development treasure hunt mobile learning geocaching smartphone educational app Lesvos island secondary education students undergraduate students nature-based programs ecological framework COVID-19 impact |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Outdoor Adventure Education |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557524603321 |
Roberts Nina S | ||
Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Teaching big history / / edited by Richard B. Simon, Mojgan Behmand, and Thomas Burke |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (443 p.) |
Disciplina | 001 |
Soggetto topico |
History - Study and teaching
Physical sciences - Study and teaching |
Soggetto non controllato |
ancient history
anthropology archaeology astronomy big history biology chemistry cosmology earth sciences education evolutionary biology general education geology history interdisciplinary liberal education making connections new approach to teaching history new approach to teaching science pedagogy physics planning a curriculum sample exercises story of the universe teaching guide teaching materials teaching traditional human history undergraduate professors undergraduate students universe |
ISBN |
0-520-28355-4
0-520-95938-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. What Is Big History? -- Two. Big History and the Goals of Liberal Education -- Three. Summer Institutes: Collective Learning as Meta-Education -- Four. Assessing Big History Outcomes: Or, How to Make Assessment Inspiring -- Five. Big History at Other Institutions -- Six. Teaching Complexity in a Big History Context -- Seven. Teaching Threshold 1: The Big Bang -- Eight. Teaching Threshold 2: The Formation of Stars and Galaxies -- Nine. Teaching Threshold 3: Heavier Chemical Elements and the Life Cycle of Stars -- Ten. Teaching Threshold 4: The Formation of Our Solar System and Earth -- Eleven. Teaching Threshold 5: The Evolution of Life on Earth -- Twelve. Teaching Threshold 6: The Rise of Homo Sapiens -- Thirteen. Teaching Threshold 7: The Agrarian Revolution -- Fourteen. Teaching Threshold 8: Modernity and Industrialization -- Fifteen. Threshold 9? Teaching Possible Futures -- Sixteen. Reflective Writing in the Big History Classroom -- Seventeen. Activities for Multiple Thresholds -- Eighteen. Igniting Critical Curiosity: Fostering Information Literacy through Big History -- Nineteen. A Little Big History of Big History -- Twenty. Big History at Dominican: An Origin Story -- Twenty-One. Teaching Big History or Teaching about Big History? Big History and Religion -- Twenty-Two. The Case for Awe -- Conclusion -- Annotated Bibliography of Big History Texts and Resources -- Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788093903321 |
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Teaching big history / / edited by Richard B. Simon, Mojgan Behmand, and Thomas Burke |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (443 p.) |
Disciplina | 001 |
Soggetto topico |
History - Study and teaching
Physical sciences - Study and teaching |
Soggetto non controllato |
ancient history
anthropology archaeology astronomy big history biology chemistry cosmology earth sciences education evolutionary biology general education geology history interdisciplinary liberal education making connections new approach to teaching history new approach to teaching science pedagogy physics planning a curriculum sample exercises story of the universe teaching guide teaching materials teaching traditional human history undergraduate professors undergraduate students universe |
ISBN |
0-520-28355-4
0-520-95938-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. What Is Big History? -- Two. Big History and the Goals of Liberal Education -- Three. Summer Institutes: Collective Learning as Meta-Education -- Four. Assessing Big History Outcomes: Or, How to Make Assessment Inspiring -- Five. Big History at Other Institutions -- Six. Teaching Complexity in a Big History Context -- Seven. Teaching Threshold 1: The Big Bang -- Eight. Teaching Threshold 2: The Formation of Stars and Galaxies -- Nine. Teaching Threshold 3: Heavier Chemical Elements and the Life Cycle of Stars -- Ten. Teaching Threshold 4: The Formation of Our Solar System and Earth -- Eleven. Teaching Threshold 5: The Evolution of Life on Earth -- Twelve. Teaching Threshold 6: The Rise of Homo Sapiens -- Thirteen. Teaching Threshold 7: The Agrarian Revolution -- Fourteen. Teaching Threshold 8: Modernity and Industrialization -- Fifteen. Threshold 9? Teaching Possible Futures -- Sixteen. Reflective Writing in the Big History Classroom -- Seventeen. Activities for Multiple Thresholds -- Eighteen. Igniting Critical Curiosity: Fostering Information Literacy through Big History -- Nineteen. A Little Big History of Big History -- Twenty. Big History at Dominican: An Origin Story -- Twenty-One. Teaching Big History or Teaching about Big History? Big History and Religion -- Twenty-Two. The Case for Awe -- Conclusion -- Annotated Bibliography of Big History Texts and Resources -- Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826449203321 |
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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