Essays in Economic Dynamics

Theory, Simulation Analysis, and Methodological Study

Akio Matsumoto, Ferenc Szidarovszky, Toichiro Asada

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN:
  9789811015205
• eBook ISBN:
  9789811015212
• Topic: Economics
• Subtopic: Business General
• Index: Economics

This book reflects the state of the art in nonlinear economic dynamics, providing a broad overview of dynamic economic models at different levels. The wide variety of approaches ranges from theoretical and simulation analysis to methodological study. In particular, it examines the local and global asymptotical behavior of both macro- and micro- level mathematical models, theoretically as well as using simulation. It also focuses on systems with one or more time delays for which new methodology has to be developed to investigate their asymptotic properties. The book offers a comprehensive summary of the existing methodology with extensions to the more complex model variants, since considerations on bounded rationality of complex economic behavior provide the foundation underlying choice-theoretic and policy-oriented studies of macro behavior, which impact the real macro economy. It includes 13 chapters addressing traditional models such as monopoly, duopoly and oligopoly in microeconomics and Keynesian, Goodwinian, and Kaldor–Kaleckian models in macroeconomics. Each chapter presents new aspects of these traditional models that have never been seen before. This work renews the past wisdom and reveals tomorrow's knowledge.

Table of contents

• Preface
• Contents
• Part I Methodological Issue
• Simonian Bounded Rationality and Complex Behavioral Economics
• An Alternative Proof of the Theorem of Woodford on the Existence of a Sunspot Equilibrium in a Continuous-Time Model
• Part II Microeconomics Models
• Hotelling Duopoly Revisited
• Learning in Monopolies with Delayed Price Information
• Different Modelling Approaches for Time Lags in a Monopoly
• Dynamic Oligopoly Models with Production Adjustment and Investment Costs
• A Stylized Model for Long-Run Index Return Dynamics
• A Non-Walrasian Microeconomic Foundation of the ``Profit Principle'' of Investment
• Part III Macroeconomic Models
• The Stability of Normal Equilibrium Point and the Existence of Limit Cycles in a Simple Keynesian Macrodynamic Model of Monetary Policy
• Pathology in the Market Economy: Self-fulfilling Process to Chronic Slump
• Delay Kaldor--Kalecki Model Revisited
• Two Time Lags in the Public Sector: Macroeconomic Stability and Complex Behaviors
• Liquidity Shock, Animal Spirits and Bank Runs
• A Mathematical Note on Stabilization Policy and Dynamic Inefficiency