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1、ChapterLinearModelsandMatrixAlgebraFortheone-commoditymodel(3.1),thesolutionsp~andQ~usexprc~sedin(3.4)and(3.5),respectively,aTCrelativelysimple,eventhoughanumberofparametersurcinvolved.Asmoreandmorecommoditiesun:-incorporatedintothem0dcl,suchsolutionformulasquick
2、lybecomecumbersomeandunwieldy.Thatwaswhywehadtoresorttoalittle,~horthand,evenforthetwo-cornmoditycase~inorderthatthesolutions(3.14)and(3.15)canstillbewritteninarelativelyconcisefashion.Wedidnotattempttotackleanythree-orfour-cOlnmoditymodels.eveninthelinearversion
3、,primarilybecausewedidMtyethaveatourdisposalamethodsuitableforhandlingalarget.ystemofsimultaneousequations.Suchamethodisfoundinmatrixalgebra.thesubjectofthischapterandthenext.Matrixalgebrac4、equationsystem.evenanextremelylargeone.Second,itleadstoa'iayoftestingtheexistenceofasolutionbyevaluationofadeterminant-aconceptcloselyrelatedtothatofamatrix.Third,itgivesumethodoffindingthatsolution(ifitexish).Sinceequationsystemsareencounterednotonlyinstaticana
5、lysisbutalsoincomparative·staticanddynamicanalysesandinoptimizationproblems,youwilllindampleapplicationofmatrixalgebrainalmosteverychapterthatistofollow.Thisiswhyitisde~jrab!ctoin?troducematrixalgebraearly.Hov,levcr.oncslightcatchisthatmatrixalgebraisapplicableon
6、lytolinear~equationsystems.H(lwrealisticallylinearequationscandescribeactualeconomicrelati()nshipsde?pends,ofcourse,onthenatureoftherelationshipsinquestion~Tnmanycases,t:v~nifsomesacrificeofrealismisentailedbytheassumptionoflinearity,anassumedlincarrelation·shipc
7、anproduceasufficientlyclos.;;approximationtoanactualnonlinearrelationshiptowarrantitsusc.Inotherca~cs,whilepreservingthenonlinearityinthemodel,wecaneffectatransfor?mationofvariablessoastoobtainalinearrelationtow~lfkwith.Forexample,thenonlinearfunctionDy=axcanbere
8、adilytransformed,bytakingthelogarithmonbothsides,intothefunctionlogy=Joga+hlogx48Chapter4Lincar1l1oJdsum!Afulri;;Alglthru49whichislinearinthetwovariables(logy)