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Heterogenous Agents, Interactions and Economic Performance
. Ed(S): Cowan, Robin; Jonard, Nicolas
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paperback. Contains a selection of papers presented at the 6th Workshop on Economics with Heterogenous Interacting Agents. They show that work done in other fields, such as evolutionary biology, statistical mechanics and social network theory, help to understand the way in which economic systems operate. Editor(s): Cowan, Robin; Jonard, Nicolas. Series: Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems. Num Pages: 355 pages, 7 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1120.
In traditional economics models of perfect competition agent's interactions are all mediated through the market. Interactions are anonymous, global and indirect. This is a powerful model, but we see many instances in which one, and sometimes all, of the previous characteristics fail to hold true. The type of agent you are, or your identity, can affect the type of interaction we have, and most surely the relationship between micro-behaviour and macro-phenomena in non-trivial ways. This book contains a selection of papers presented at the 6th Workshop on Economics with Heterogenous Interacting Agents (WEHIA). The contributions show that work done in ... Read more
In traditional economics models of perfect competition agent's interactions are all mediated through the market. Interactions are anonymous, global and indirect. This is a powerful model, but we see many instances in which one, and sometimes all, of the previous characteristics fail to hold true. The type of agent you are, or your identity, can affect the type of interaction we have, and most surely the relationship between micro-behaviour and macro-phenomena in non-trivial ways. This book contains a selection of papers presented at the 6th Workshop on Economics with Heterogenous Interacting Agents (WEHIA). The contributions show that work done in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Springer Germany
Number of pages
355
Condition
New
Series
Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems
Number of Pages
341
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783540440574
SKU
V9783540440574
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Reviews for Heterogenous Agents, Interactions and Economic Performance
From the reviews: "This volume is a collection of papers presented at the sixth annual Workshop on Economics with Heterogeneous Interacting Agents (WEHIA) that was held in Maastricht. … A nice aspect of this … book is that at several points the reader gets a direct comparison of substantially different approaches to develop models that ... Read more