Everything about Comparative statics

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: Comparative staticsA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Mean Field Equilibrium: Uniqueness, Existence, and Comparative StaticsInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: The dynamic societyThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Monotone Comparative StaticsCited 1,106 times
5. Go sideways: Multiplier (economics)A closely related topic
6. Go sideways: Foundations of Economic AnalysisA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Monotone Comparative Statics

  Paul Milgrom, Chris Shannon · 1994 · Econometrica · 1,106 citations

• Comparative Statics for Oligopoly

  Avinash Dixit · 1986 · International Economic Review · 503 citations

• Monotone Comparative Statics under Uncertainty

  S. Athey · 2002 · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 252 citations

• Strict Monotonicity in Comparative Statics

  Aaron S. Edlin, Chris Shannon · 1998 · Journal of Economic Theory · 171 citations

• Aggregate comparative statics

  Daron Acemoglu, Martin Kaae Jensen · 2013 · Games and Economic Behavior · 164 citations

• Comparative statics in matching markets

  Vincent P Crawford · 1991 · Journal of Economic Theory · 73 citations

• Multiplicity of Equilibria and Comparative Statics

  Timothy J. Kehoe · 1985 · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 73 citations

• Weak and strong monotone comparative statics

  Chris Shannon · 1995 · Economic Theory · 60 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Mean Field Equilibrium: Uniqueness, Existence, and Comparative Statics

  Bar Light, Gabriel Y. Weintraub · 2022 · Operations Research · 20 citations

• The Comparative Statics of Sorting

  Axel Anderson, Lones Smith · 2024 · American Economic Review · 12 citations

• When is coarseness not a curse? Comparative statics of the coarse random utility model

  Sean Horan, Paola Manzini, Marco Mariotti · 2022 · Journal of Economic Theory · 10 citations

• Comparative Statics Analysis of An Inventory Management Model with Dynamic Pricing, Market Environment Fluctuation, and Delayed Differentiation

  Nan Yang, Renyu Zhang · 2022 · Production and Operations Management · 9 citations

• Comparative Statics With Linear Objectives: Normality, Complementarity, and Ranking Multi‐Prior Beliefs

  Pawel Dziewulski, John K.-H. Quah · 2024 · Econometrica · 6 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• The dynamic societyG. D. Snooks · 1996

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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