General Equilibrium Theory – Ross M. Starr – 2nd Edition

Part I. General Equilibrium Theory: Getting Acquainted:
1. Concept and history of general equilibrium theory
2. An elementary general equilibrium model - the Robinson Crusoe economy
3. The Edgeworth box
4. Integrating production and multiple consumption decisions: a 2 x 2 x 2 model
5. Existence of general equilibrium in an economy with an excess demand function

Part II. Mathematics:
6. Logic and set theory
7. RN: real N-dimensional Euclidean space
8. Convex sets, separation theorems, and non-convex sets in RN
9. The Brouwer fixed point theorem

Part III. An Economy with Bounded Production Technology, Supply and Demand Functions:
10. Markets, prices, commodities, and mathematical economic theory
11. Production with bounded firm technology
12. Households
13. A market economy
14. General equilibrium of the market economy with an excess demand function

Part IV. An Economy with Unbounded Production Technology, Supply and Demand Functions:
15. Theory of production: the unbounded technology case
16. Households: the unbounded technology case
17. A market economy: the unbounded technology case
18. General equilibrium of the market economy: the unbounded technology case

Part V. Welfare Economics and the Scope of Markets:
19. Pareto efficiency and competitive equilibrium
20. Time and uncertainty: futures markets

Part VI. Bargaining and Equilibrium: The Core:
21. The core of a market economy
22. Convergence of the core of a large economy

Part VII. An Economy with Supply and Demand Correspondences:
23. Mathematics: analysis of point to set mappings
24. General equilibrium of the market economy with an excess demand correspondence
25. U-shaped cost curves and concentrated preferences

Part VIII. Standing on the Shoulders of Giants:
26. Next steps
27. Summary and conclusion.