A complete theory of comparative statics for differentiable optimization problems

Metroeconomica

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-67

  Partovi, M Hossein ^a,b   Caputo, Michael R ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 84992734826     PISSN: 00261386     EISSN: 1467999X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-999X.2006.00232.x     Document Type: Article

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