Handbook of Research on Complexity

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

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Beskrivning

Complexity research draws on complexity in various disciplines. This Handbook provides a comprehensive and current overview of applications of complexity theory in economics. The 15 chapters, written by leading figures in the field, cover such broad topic areas as conceptual issues, microeconomic market dynamics, aggregation and macroeconomics issues, econophysics and financial markets, international economic dynamics, evolutionary and ecological-environmental economics, and broader historical perspectives on economic complexity.This Handbook presents perspectives at a broad and high level of current cutting edge research in complexity, and will be of great interest to academics concerned with all aspects of economics and in particular economic theory, macroeconomics and evolutionary economics.

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Utgivningsdatum:2009-05-29
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781845420895

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Edited by J. Barkley Rosser Jr., Professor of Economics and Kirby L. Cramer, Jr. Professor of Business Administration, James Madison University, US

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'This volume is a solid introduction to the topics of economic complexity for both the general economist and provides new results that will interest the economists already well versed in the field of economic complexity.'

Innehållsförteckning

Contents:PART I: CONCEPTUAL OVERVIEWS1. IntroductionJ. Barkley Rosser, Jr. 2. Complexity and the Economy W. Brian Arthur3. Computational and Dynamic Complexity in EconomicsJ. Barkley Rosser, Jr.4. A Computable Economist’s Perspective on Computational ComplexityK. Vela VelupillaiPART II: MARKET DYNAMICS5. Bounded Rationality and Learning in Complex MarketsCars H. Hommes 6. Oligopoly DynamicsMichael KopelPART III: MACROECONOMIC ISSUES7. Complexity and AggregationAlan Kirman8. On Simplicity and Macroeconomic ComplexityRichard H. DayPART IV: ECONOPHYSICS AND FINANCIAL MARKETS9. Applications of Statistical Physics in Finance and EconomicsThomas Lux10. On the Analysis of Time Series with Nonstationary IncrementsJoseph L. McCauley, Kevin E. Bassler and Gemunu H. GunaratnePART V: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS11. Exchange Rate Dynamics: A Nonlinear SurveyFrank H. Westerhoff12. Complex Systems Modeling and International DevelopmentHans-Peter Brunner and Peter AllenPART VI: EVOLUTIONARY AND ECOLOGICAL-ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS13. Subgame Perfection in Evolutionary Dynamics with Recurrent PerturbationsHerbert Gintis, Ross Cressman and Thijs Ruijgrok14. Complex Dynamics in Ecological-Economic SystemsJ. Barkley Rosser, Jr.PART VII: BROADER HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES15. Complexity and Austrian EconomicsRoger Koppl16. Complexity and the History of Economic ThoughtDavid ColanderIndex