Symbolic Optimization

Hal R. Varian

Chapter 1 in Economic and Financial Modeling with Mathematica®, 1993, pp 1-25 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Economists spend a lot of time analyzing optimization problems. Mathematica can make such analysis easier in a number of ways: 1) it can calculate firstand second-order conditions; 2) it can solve first-order conditions for optimal solutions; 3) it can depict optimal solutions graphically; 4) it can perform comparative statics analysis; 5) it can solve simple dynamic programming problems. In this chapter we will describe how to use Mathematica to perform such operations. Most of the calculations are standard in microeconomics; Varian (1992) describes the relevant theory.

Keywords: Principal Minor; Indirect Utility Function; Dynamic Programming Problem; Inverse Optimization Problem; Hicksian Demand (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1993
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4757-2281-9_1

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