Microeconomic Analysis has been a fixture of graduate programs in economics for fifteen years providing unique authority clarity and breadth of coverageThe Third Edition continues to supply the building blocks of microeconomic analysis a thorough treatment of optimization and equilibrium methods coupled with numerous examples of their application The Third Edition expands on the earlier editions in two ways First the coverage has been rewritten and rearranged Second chapters have been added on game theory oligopoly asset markets and information economics The new chapters fully update the text highlighting significant developments of the last decade at a level that is accessible for first-year graduate students