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008			711029t1947 maua er 001 0 eng
040			_aDLC _cODaWU
050	0	0	_aHB171 _b.S26
082			_a330.182 _bSAM
100	1		_aSamuelson, Paul A.
245	1	0	_aFoundations of economic analysis /
260			_aCambridge : _bHarvard University Press, _cc1947.
300			_axii, 447 p. :ill,
440		0	_aHarvard economic studies ; vol. 80
504			_aIncludes bibliographical footnotes and index.
520			_aThe book sought to demonstrate a common mathematical structure underlying multiple branches of economics from two basic principles: maximizing behavior of agents (such as of utility by consumers and profits by firms) and stability of equilibrium as to economic systems (such as markets or economies). Among other contributions, it advanced the theory of index numbers and generalized welfare economics. It is especially known for definitively stating and formalizing qualitative and quantitative versions of the "comparative statics" method for calculating how a change in any parameter (say, a change in tax rates) affects an economic system. One of its key insights about comparative statics, called the correspondence principle, states that stability of equilibrium implies testable predictions about how the equilibrium changes when parameters are changed.
590			_arpm 05/07/2017
591			_aLoans
650		0	_aEconomics, Mathematical.
942			_2ddc _cBOOK
949			_a330.182 SAM
999			_c6156 _d6156