An edition of Reconstructing macroeconomics (2002)

Reconstructing macroeconomics

a perspective from statistical physics and combinatorial stochastic processes

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An edition of Reconstructing macroeconomics (2002)

Reconstructing macroeconomics

a perspective from statistical physics and combinatorial stochastic processes

The authors treat macroeconomic models as composed of large numbers of micro-units or agents of several types, and explicitly discuss stochastic dynamic and combinatorial aspects of interactions among them. In mainstream macroeconomics sound microfoundations for macroeconomics has meant incorporating sophisticated intertemporal optimization by representative agents into models. Optimal growth theory, once meant to be normative, is now taught as a descriptive theory in mainstream macroeconomic courses. In neoclassical equilibria flexible prices led the economy to the state of full employment and marginal productivities are all equated. Professors Aoki and Yoshikawa contrariwise show that such equilibria are not possible in economies with a large number of agents of heterogeneous types. The authors treat equilibria as statistical distributions and not as fixed points. They employ a set of statistical dynamical tools via continuous-time Markov chains, and statistical distributions of fractions of agents by types available in the new literature of combinatorial stochastic processes, to reconstruct macroeconomic models.

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English
Pages
333

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-320) and indexes.

Published in
Cambridge, New York
Series
Japan-U.S. Center Sanwa monographs on international financial markets

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
339.01/51923
Library of Congress
HB172.5 .A583 2007, HB172.5.A583 2006

The Physical Object

Pagination
xviii, 333 p. :
Number of pages
333

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL17435754M
ISBN 10
0521831067
ISBN 13
9780521831062
LCCN
2006016287
OCLC/WorldCat
69013660
Goodreads
5378638

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OL2982732W

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