1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910792424903321

Autore

Chen Ping <1944-, >

Titolo

Economic complexity and equilibrium illusion : essays on market instability and macro vitality / / Chen Ping

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-99487-4

1-136-99488-2

1-282-58962-8

9786612589621

0-203-85505-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 p.)

Collana

Routledge frontiers of political economy  Economic complexity and equilibrium illusion

Disciplina

339.5

Soggetti

Equilibrium (Economics) - Mathematical models

Business cycles - Mathematical models

Evolutionary economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Symbols; 1 Introduction; Part I: Methodological review: Economic complexity, equilibrium illusion, and evolutionary dynamics; 2 Equilibrium illusion, economic complexity, and evolutionary foundation in economic analysis; 3 Evolutionary economic dynamics: Persistent cycles, disruptive technology, and the trade-off between stability and complexity; Part II: Macro vitality: Trend-cycle separation, economic chaos, and persistent cycles; 4 Empirical and theoretical evidence of economic chaos

5 Searching for economic chaos: A challenge to econometric practice and nonlinear tests6 A random walk or color chaos on the stock market? Time-frequency analysis of S&P indexes; 7 Trends, shocks, persistent cycles in evolving economy: Business-cycle measurement in time-frequency representation; Part III: Micro interaction and population dynamics: Learning, communication, and market share competition; 8 Origin of division of labor and stochastic mechanism of



differentiation; 9 Imitation, learning, and communication: Central or polarized patterns in collective actions

10 Needham's question and China's evolution: Cases of nonequilibrium social transition11 China's challenge to economic orthodoxy: Asian reform as an evolutionary, self-organizing process; Part IV: Equilibrium illusion and meso foundation: Perpetual motion machine, representative agents, and organization diversity; 12 The Frisch model of business cycles: A spurious doctrine, but a mysterious success; 13 Microfoundations of macroeconomic fluctuations and the laws of probability theory: The Principle of Large Numbers vs. rational expectations arbitrage

14 Complexity of transaction costs and evolution of corporate governancePart V: Market instability, natural experiments, and government policy; 15 Market instability and economic complexity: Theoretical lessons from transition experiments; 16 From an efficient to a viable international financial market; Epilogue; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Principle of Large Numbers indicates that macro fluctuations have weak microfoundations; persistent business cycles and interrupted technologies can be better characterized by macro vitality and meso foundations. Economic growth is limited by market extent and ecological constraints. The trade-off between stability and complexity is the foundation of cultural diversity and mixed economies. The new science of complexity sheds light on the sources of economic instability and complexity. This book consists of the major work of Professor Ping Chen, a pioneer in studying econom