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From Catastrophe to Chaos: A General Theory of Economic Discontinuities

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  • © 1991

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Authors:
  1. J. Barkley Rosser

    1. Department of Economics, James Madison University, USA

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Discontinuity in Economic Theory and Economic Discontinuities

    • J. Barkley Rosser Jr.
    Pages 1-5

  3. The Mathematics of Discontinuity

    • J. Barkley Rosser Jr.
    Pages 7-35

  4. Discontinuities in Microeconomic Systems

    • J. Barkley Rosser Jr.
    Pages 37-55

  5. Speculative Bubbles and Crashes I: Irrational

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    Pages 57-71

  6. Speculative Bubbles and Crashes II: Rational and Semi-Rational

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    Pages 73-95

  7. Catastrophe Theory in Macroeconomics

    • J. Barkley Rosser Jr.
    Pages 97-105

  8. Chaos Theory and Macroeconomics

    • J. Barkley Rosser Jr.
    Pages 107-124

  9. Discontinuity and Capital Theory

    • J. Barkley Rosser Jr.
    Pages 125-145

  10. Discontinuous Evolution of Urban Historical Forms

    • J. Barkley Rosser Jr.
    Pages 147-171

  11. Discontinuities in Intraurban Systems

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    Pages 173-194

  12. Morphogenesis of Regional Systems

    • J. Barkley Rosser Jr.
    Pages 195-217

  13. Perspectives on Economic and Ecologic Evolution

    • J. Barkley Rosser Jr.
    Pages 219-232

  14. Ecosystems and Economics

    • J. Barkley Rosser Jr.
    Pages 233-259

  15. The Limits to Growth and Global Catastrophe Revisited

    • J. Barkley Rosser Jr.
    Pages 261-271

  16. Instability and Volatility of Foreign Exchange Rates

    • J. Barkley Rosser Jr.
    Pages 273-307

  17. The Discontinuous World Economy

    • J. Barkley Rosser Jr.
    Pages 309-317

  18. Summary and Conclusions: Leaping Across the Abyss

    • J. Barkley Rosser Jr.
    Pages 319-328

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 329-402
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'Those who teach mathematical economics, micro, macro, trade, or regional will find this book a valuable source of interesting examples together with references for further.' Journal of Economic Literature 30 1992

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Economics, James Madison University, USA

    J. Barkley Rosser

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: From Catastrophe to Chaos: A General Theory of Economic Discontinuities

  • Authors: J. Barkley Rosser

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3796-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1991

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-9157-9Published: 30 June 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-3798-0Published: 24 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-3796-6Published: 01 December 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 402

  • Topics: Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods, Regional/Spatial Science

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