Complex economics : individual and collective rationality
The economic crisis is also a crisis for economic theory. Most analyses of the evolution of the crisis invoke three themes, contagion, networks and trust, yet none of these play a major role in standard macroeconomic models. In this book Kirman argues for a theory in which these aspects are central
xiv, [16] pages of plates, 241 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
9780415568555, 9780203847497, 0415568552, 0203847490
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Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction
2. The structure of interaction
3. Fish markets: an example of the emergence of aggregate coordination
4. Financial markets: bubbles, herds and crashes
5. Public goods: a coordination problem
6. Segregation: Schilling's model
7. Conclusion