The volume contains the proceedings of a conference in ma-\ thematical economics held at the California Institute of Technology, April 16-20, 1990.The theme of the conference was to explore the functional analytic techniques (and in particular the theory of Riesz spaces and positive opera-\ tors) that are employed in economics. The articles in the book depict this important connection and open the way for more economic applications.
The volume contains the proceedings of a conference in ma-thematical economics held at the California Institute of Technology, April 16-20, 1990.The theme of the conference was to explore the functional analytic techniques (and in particular the theory of Riesz spaces and positive opera-tors) that are employed in economics. The articles in the book depict this important connection and open the way for more economic applications.