From catastrophe to chaos : a general theory of economic discontinuities / J. Barkley Rosser, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosser, John Barkley, 1948-

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics, Mathematical.

Nonlinear theories.

Chaotic behavior in systems.

Physical Description:

volumes : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Kluwer Academic, c2000-

Summary:

From Catastrophe to Chaos: A General Theory of Economic Discontinuities presents and unusual perspective on economics and economic analysis. Current economic theory largely depends upon assuming that the world is fundamentally continuous. However, an increasing amount of economic research has been done using approaches that allow for discontinuities such as catastrophe theory, chaos theory, synergetics, and fractal geometry. The spread of such approaches across a variety of disciplines of thought has constituted a virtual intellectual revolution in recent years. This book reviews the applications of these approaches in various subdisciplines of economics and draws upon past economic thinkers to develop an integrated view of economics as a whole from the perspective of inherent discontinuity.

Contents:

v. 1. Mathematics, microeconomics, and finance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0792377702

OCLC:

44653385