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A theory of adaptive economic behavior
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ISBN: 0521251109 0521067111 0511983859 9780521251105 9780511983856 Year: 1983 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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This book develops dynamic economic models using the perspective and analytic framework provided by psychological learning theory. This framework is used to resolve apparent contradictions between optimization theory, which lies at the heart of all modern economic theory, and day-to-day evidence that short-run economic behaviour cannot reasonably be described solely as the outcome of efficiently implemented self-interest. The author applies this viewpoint to a number of problem areas in which literal applications of maximization theory have not usually proved to be satisfactory. These include analyses of decision-making under uncertainty and gambling behaviour, the role of consumer-oriented advertising in influencing behaviour, the persistence of price dispersions in markets, and inflation.


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Transforming modern macroeconomics : exploring disequilibrium microfoundations, 1956-2003
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ISBN: 9781107023192 9781139150859 9781107435384 9781139776738 1139776738 1139150855 110702319X 1139889028 1139794124 1139783718 113977977X 1139782762 1283812487 1139778250 1107435382 Year: 2013 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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This book tells the story of the search for disequilibrium micro-foundations for macroeconomic theory, from the disequilibrium theories of Patinkin, Clower and Leijonhufvud to recent dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models with imperfect competition. Placing this search against the background of wider developments in macroeconomics, the authors contend that this was never a single research program, but involved economists with very different aims who developed the basic ideas about quantity constraints, spillover effects and coordination failures in different ways. The authors contrast this with the equilibrium, market-clearing approach of Phelps and Lucas, arguing that equilibrium theories simply assumed away the problems that had motivated the disequilibrium literature. Although market-clearing models came to dominate macroeconomics, disequilibrium theories never went away and continue to exert an important influence on the subject. Although this book focuses on one strand in modern macroeconomics, it is crucial to understanding the origins of modern macroeconomic theory.

General equilibrium theory : an introduction
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ISBN: 0521564735 052156414X 1139174746 9780521564144 9780521564731 9781139174749 Year: 1997 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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General Equilibrium Theory: An Introduction treats the classic Arrow-Debreu general equilibrium model in a form accessible to graduate students and advanced undergraduates in economics and mathematics. Topics covered include mathematical preliminaries, households and firms, existence of general equilibrium, Pareto efficiency of general equilibrium, the First and Second Fundamental Theorems of Welfare Economics, the core and core convergences, future markets over time and contingent commodity markets under uncertainty. Demand, supply, and excess demand appear first as (point-valued) functions, then optionally as (set-valued) correspondences. The mathematics presented (with elementary proofs of the theorems) includes a real analysis, the Brouwer fixed point theorem, and separating and supporting hyperplane theorems. Optional chapters introduce the existence of equilibrium with set-valued supply and demand, the mathematics of upper and lower hemicontinuous correspondences, and the Kakutani fixed point theorem. The treatment emphasizes clarity and accessibility to the student through use of examples and intuition.

Disequilibrium foundations of equilibrium economics
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ISBN: 0521242649 0521378567 1139052101 9780521242646 9781139052108 Year: 1983 Volume: 6 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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The most common mode of analysis in economic theory is to assume equilibrium. Yet, without a proper theory of how economies behave in disequilibrium, there is no foundation for such a practice. The necessary step in proposing a foundation is the formulation of a theory of stability, and in this 1984 book, Professor Fisher is primarily concerned with this subject, although disequilibrium behavior itself is analyzed. The author first undertakes a review of the existing literature on the stability of general equilibrium. He then proposes a more satisfactory general model in which agents realize their state of disequilibrium and act on arbitrage opportunities. The interrelated topics of the role of money, the nature of quantity constraints, and the optimal behaviour of arbitraging agents are extensively treated.

The theory of general economic equilibrium : a differentiable approach
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ISBN: 0521265142 0521388708 1139052195 9780521265140 9781139052191 Year: 1985 Volume: 9 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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Andreu Mas-Colell has been doing pioneering work using differential topology in the analysis of general equilibrium. This work is regarded as outstanding and one of the major contributions to the development of rigorous economic theory in the last twenty years. The articles he has written have been difficult and technically demanding. In this book he brings this work together to show its scope and its power. He presents the analysis in a way which makes it accessible to the broader range of economic theorists and advanced students. This book has been long awaited as a seminal contribution to the subject.

Microfoundations : the compatibility of microeconomics and macroeconomics
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ISBN: 0521223059 0521294452 0511559577 9780521223058 9780521294454 9780511559570 Year: 1979 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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This is the first full-length survey of current work which examines the compatibility of microeconomics and macroeconomics. Its particular distinction is that it makes accessible, to non-specialists, those extensive modern refinements of general equilibrium theory which are linked to macroeconomics and monetary theory. Part I traces the development and interlocking nature of two scientific research prgrams, macroeconomics and neo-Walrasian analysis. The five chapters in this part examine general equilibrium theory, Keynes' contribution, the 'neoclassical synthesis', and the Clower-Leijonhufvud contributions to questions of systemic coordination. The four chapters of Part II place recent work on the micro-foundations of macroeconomics within a taxonomic scheme of Walrasian equilibrium, Walrasian disequilibrium, Edgeworthian equilibrium, and Edgeworthian disequilibrium. Part III, a single chapter, provides an overview of the subject and ventures some conclusions.

Resource allocation mechanisms
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ISBN: 0521319900 0521266645 1139173472 9780521266642 9780521319904 9781139173476 Year: 1987 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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Resource Allocation Mechanisms derives the general welfare properties of systems in which individuals are motivated by self-interest. Satisfactory outcomes will emerge only if individual incentives are harnessed by means of a communication and payoff process, or mechanism, involving every agent. Professor Campbell employs a formal and abstract model of a mechanism that brings into prominence the criteria by which the performance of an economy is to be judged. The mechanism approach is used to prove some fundamental theorems about the possibility of designing an economic system satisfying the criteria. It also establishes a way of thinking about economic issues that is becoming increasingly useful in special branches of economics, such as industrial organization and public finance. This book can be viewed as two different texts: one constitutes an introduction to the theory of mechanism design and the other is a treatment of welfare economics with conventional emphasis on Pareto optimality as well as providing substantial material on incentives, uncertainty, and existence of equilibrium.

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Economics --- Resource Allocation --- Welfare economics --- Equilibrium (Economics) --- Consumption (Economics) --- Economics. --- Resource allocation. --- Welfare economics. --- AA / International- internationaal --- 380.22 --- 305.4 --- 330.580 --- 338.047 --- Concurrentie. Monopolie, duopolie, oligopolie. --- Econometrie van de inkomensvorming, de spaarvorming, de kapitaalvorming. Input-output tabellen. --- Gecontroleerde economie. Geleide economie. Welvaarststaat. Algemeenheden. --- Privé en openbare bedrijven. Openbare diensten. Gemengde economie. --- Consumption (Economics). --- Equilibrium (Economics). --- Resource allocation --- Economic policy --- Social policy --- Allocation of resources --- Resources allocation --- Management --- Operations research --- Organization --- Planning --- Feasibility studies --- DGE (Economics) --- Disequilibrium (Economics) --- DSGE (Economics) --- Dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (Economics) --- Economic equilibrium --- General equilibrium (Economics) --- Partial equilibrium (Economics) --- SDGE (Economic theory) --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Economic theory --- Political economy --- Social sciences --- Economic man --- Consumer demand --- Consumer spending --- Consumerism --- Spending, Consumer --- Demand (Economic theory) --- Econometrie van de inkomensvorming, de spaarvorming, de kapitaalvorming. Input-output tabellen --- Gecontroleerde economie. Geleide economie. Welvaarststaat. Algemeenheden --- Privé en openbare bedrijven. Openbare diensten. Gemengde economie --- Concurrentie. Monopolie, duopolie, oligopolie --- Business, Economy and Management

Ricardo's economics : a general equilibrium theory of distribution and growth
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ISBN: 0521396883 0521366305 9780521396882 9780521366304 9780511628498 0511628498 Year: 1989 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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This book, together with Marx's Economic and Walras' Economics, completes a sequence of titles by Professor Morishima on the first generation of scientific economists. The author's assessment of Ricardo differs substantially from the established views adopted by economists and historians of economic thought. While economists such as Pasinetti, Caravale and Samuelson have concentrated on macroeconomic interpretations of Ricardo, and historians of economic thought have emphasised his labour theory of value, Morishima takes a different course. In this book the author concentrates on Ricardo's main work, The Principles, and shows that his economics is the prototype of mathematical economies without the symbols and formulae. Morishima then translates Ricardo's economics into mathematical language to find a general equilibrium system (very similar to Walras') concealed within. The analysis also contradicts the conventional view that marginalism emerged in opposition to classical economics, showing instead that Ricardian analysis is firmly based on marginalist principles, using prices, wages and profits rather than labour values. The book ends with a discussion of the historical character of economic theory and an attempt to specify the epoch of Ricardian economics.

The analytics of uncertainty and information
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ISBN: 0521283698 0521239567 1139167634 9780521283694 9780521239561 9781139167635 Year: 1992 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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Economists have always recognised that human endeavours are constrained by our limited and uncertain knowledge, but only recently has an accepted theory of uncertainty and information evolved. This theory has turned out to have surprisingly practical applications: for example in analysing stock market returns, in evaluating accident prevention measures, and in assessing patent and copyright laws. This book presents these intellectual advances in readable form for the first time. It unifies many important but partial results into a satisfying single picture, making it clear how the economics of uncertainty and information generalises and extends standard economic analysis. Part One of the volume covers the economics of uncertainty: how each person adapts to a given fixed state of knowledge by making an optimal choice among the immediate 'terminal' actions available. These choices in turn determine the overall market equilibrium reflecting the social distribution of risk bearing. In Part Two, covering the economics of information, the state of knowledge is no longer held fixed. Instead, individuals can to a greater or lesser extent overcome their ignorance by 'informational' actions. The text also addresses at appropriate points many specific topics such as insurance, the Capital Asset Pricing model, auctions, deterrence of entry, and research and invention.

Uncertainty, information, and communication
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ISBN: 0521304547 0521304555 0521327040 0521063795 0511983530 0521063868 0511983565 0521063825 0511983549 9780521327046 9780521304542 9780521304559 9780521736893 9780521063791 9780521063821 9780521063869 9780511983535 9780511983542 9780511983566 Year: 1986 Volume: 3 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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Professor Kenneth J. Arrow is one of the most distinguished economic theorists. He has played a major role in shaping the subject and is honoured by the publication of three volumes of essays on economic theory. Each volume deals with a different area of economic theory. The books include contributions by some of the best economic theorists from the United Stated, Japan, Israel and Europe. This third volume is entitled Uncertainty, Information, and Communication.

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Public finance --- Social choice --- Decision Making --- Equilibrium (Economics) --- Macroeconomics --- Uncertainty --- Arrow, Kenneth Joseph, --- 330.1 --- Decision making --- Deciding --- Decision (Psychology) --- Decision analysis --- Decision processes --- Making decisions --- Management --- Management decisions --- Choice (Psychology) --- Problem solving --- Reasoning --- Choice, Social --- Collective choice --- Public choice --- Social psychology --- Welfare economics --- Economics --- Disequilibrium (Economics) --- Economic equilibrium --- General equilibrium (Economics) --- Partial equilibrium (Economics) --- Stagnation (Economics) --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Economische grondbegrippen. Algemene begrippen in de economie --- Arrow, Kenneth Joseph --- 330.1 Economische grondbegrippen. Algemene begrippen in de economie --- Besluitvorming --- Besluitvormingsanalyse --- Besluitvormingsprocessen --- Choix collectif --- Collectieve keuze --- Decision-making --- Décision [Prise de ] --- Décision [Théorie de la ] --- Economisch evenwicht --- Equilibre (Economie) --- Equilibre économique --- Evenwicht (Economie) --- Incertitude --- Management--Beslissingen --- Management--Besluitvorming --- Management--Decision making --- Onzekerheid --- Prise de décision --- Théorie de la décision --- 330.35 --- 330.35 Economische groei. Kwantitatieve toename. Technische vooruitgang --zie ook {338.09} --- Economische groei. Kwantitatieve toename. Technische vooruitgang --zie ook {338.09} --- DGE (Economics) --- DSGE (Economics) --- Dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (Economics) --- SDGE (Economic theory) --- Equilibre économique. --- Economisch evenwicht. --- Business, Economy and Management --- Arrow, Kenneth Joseph, - 1921-2017 --- Social choice. --- Decision making. --- Uncertainty. --- Macroeconomics. --- Arrow, Kenneth J. --- A-lo, Kʻen-ni-ssu, --- Aluo, Kennisi, --- Arrow, Kenneth, --- Arrow, K. J.

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