Economic theory and philosophy

by Jerome L.

These Lecture Notes arose from discussions we had over a working paper written by the first author in fall 1987.

Economists can rarely perform controlled experiments to generate data.

Structural exchange rate modeling has proven extremely difficult during the recent post-1973 float.

This book is a treatise on empirical microeconomics: it describes the econometric theory of qualitative choice models and the empirical practice of modeling consumer demand for a heterogeneous commodity, housing.

In seminars and graduate level courses I have had several opportunities to discuss modeling and analysis of time series with economists and economic graduate students during the past several years.

The theory of Lie groups has proven to be a most powerful analytical tool in many areas of modern scientific endeavors.

This book is an outgrowth of years of teaching and doing re- search at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), in the area of economic growth.

During the Spring of 1979 one of us (Zionts) was invited to visit Erasmus University in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

This Lecture Note deals with asymptotic properties, i.

The Fourth International MCDM Conference follows a tradition that began with an exploratory gathering at the University of South Carolina in 1973.

Decision making is the process of selecting a possible course of action from all the available alternatives.

This paper is one of a series in which the ideas of category theory are applied to problems of system theory.

The aim of this book is the presentation of two new descriptive theories for experimental bargaining games and a comparison with other descriptive and normative theories.

In this book interrelated factor demand models are surveyed.

This book contains a selection of the papers presented at the symposium on "e;Decision processes in Economics"e; which was held in Modena (Italy) on 9-10 October 1989.

Presentation Many economic problems, as equilibrium models, input-output analysis, rational behaviour, etc.

In the modern world of gigantic datasets, which scientists and practioners of all fields of learning are confronted with, the availability of robust, scalable and easy-to-use methods for pattern recognition and data mining are of paramount importance, so as to be able to cope with the avalanche of data in a meaningful way.

Overview This book is a philosophical reflection (using mainly Hegel, in addition to 1 Adam Smith, Kant, Marx and Catholic Social Thought) about the soc- political dimension of economics.

This book presents in a unified way the mathematical theory of well-posedness in optimization.

The study of complementarity problems is now an interestingmathematical subject with many applications in optimization,game theory, stochastic optimal control, engineering,economics etc.

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This book takes a detailed look at four major financial crises—the twin crises of the South Sea Bubble in Britain and the Mississippi Bubble in France in 1720; the Great Crash of 1929 and the subsequent Great Depression; and the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-9.

Processes with long range correlations occur in a wide variety of fields ranging from physics and biology to economics and finance.

From the reviews: "e;The huge literature in risk theory has been carefully selected and supplemented by personal contributions of the author, many of which appear here for the first time.

German Idealism develops its philosophy of history as the theory of becoming absolute and as absolute knowledge.

This book offers the opportunity to study and experience advanced empi- cal techniques in finance and in general financial economics.

The present third edition of The Statistical Mechanics of Financial Markets is published only four years after the ?

Modern option pricing theory was developed in the late sixties and early seventies by F.

This treatise delves into the latest advancements in stochastic volatility models, highlighting the utilization of Markov chain Monte Carlo simulations for estimating model parameters and forecasting the volatility and quantiles of financial asset returns.

geschlossene Darstellung, welche die Plankostenrechnung in den Rahmen der kosten­ rechnerischen Entwicklung stellt und ihren Aufbau als ein in sich geschlossenes Sy­ stem wiedergibt.

Die Komplexität, Undurchschaubarkeit und Lebendigkeit der wirt­ schaftlichen Erscheinungen lassen jeden Versuch, sie zu beschreiben und zu anaysieren,zu einer Suche nach den "wesentlichen" Zusam­ menhängen werden.

This Dictionary provides the theoretical summary and conceptual framework around the milestones obtained through Chinese reform and development and highlights the research achievements of Chinese economics over the past 40 years.

This textbook presents a new way to visualize or imagine the evolutionary architecture of economics, to judge both its practical outcomes and its ultimate value.

Agent systems are being used to model complex systems like societies, markets and biological systems.

Stochastic geometry is a relatively new branch of mathematics.

As a contribution to critical social theory, this book reconsiders Marx's critique of political economy through the concept of labour as "e;not-capital"e;.

This book explores recent developments and exciting challenges in operations research and mathematical optimization.

As a contribution to critical social theory, this book reconsiders Marx's critique of political economy through the concept of labour as "e;not-capital"e;.

This book takes an historical view to explain how social science arrived at its current state and proposes solutions to its problems.

This book presents a unique historical study on the origins of longevity risk management and its links to religious institutions in the eighteenth century.

In this book the authors take a scientific scalpel to the "e;money problem"e; by applying the Accounting System Dynamics (ASD) method they developed and identifies the root cause of the major problems facing our economy.

This book aims to delve into the application of feminist ethnography by engaging with the lived experiences of vulnerable workers, occupied by India's informal workforce, across its deeply stratified labour-market landscape.