Reconstructing Macroeconomics: A Perspective from Statistical Physics and Combinatorial Stochastic Processes

ISBN-13: 9781107634206 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 354 str.

Masanao Aoki

Opis

In this 2007 book, the authors reconceptualize existing macroeconomics by treating equilibria as statistical distributions, not as fixed points.

Recenzje

'Reconstructing Macroeconomics is an ambitious, informative, challenging … book that addresses fundamental questions of economic theory on many levels. In my view mainstream macroeconomists can only benefit by becoming familiar with the point of view Aoki and Yoshikawa represent so ably here … Those who aspire to create a new macroeconomics, including the various schools of 'heterodox' economics, can also learn a lot from this book.' Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Spis treści

Preface 1 Masanao Aoki; Preface 2 Hiroshi Yoshikawa; 1. Introduction - a new approach to macroeconomics; 2. The methods - jump Markov processes and random partitions; 3. Equilibrium as distribution - the role of demand in macroeconomics; 4. Uncertainty trap - policy ineffectiveness and long stagnation of the macroeconomy; 5. Slow dynamics of the macro system - no mystery of inflexible prices; 6. Business cycles - an endogenous stochastic approach; 7. Labor market dynamics - a new look at natural unemployment and Okun's law; 8. Demand saturation - creation and economic growth; 9. The types of investors and volatility in financial markets - analyzing clusters of heterogeneous agents; 10. Stock prices and the real macroeconomy - power-law versus exponential distributions.