Newtonian microeconomics : a dynamic extension to neoclassical micro theory
tarafından
 
Estola, Matti, author

Başlık
Newtonian microeconomics : a dynamic extension to neoclassical micro theory

Yazar
Estola, Matti, author

ISBN
9783319468785

Yazar Ek Girişi
Estola, Matti, author

Fiziksel Tanımlama
xviii, 464 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

İçerik
Preface-- Motivation for the Book-- Innovations in the Book-- About the Audience-- Acknowledgements-- References-- Contents-- 1 Economics as a Science-- 1.1 Classification of Economics-- 1.2 The Axioms of Economics-- 1.2.1 Regular Needs of Human Beings-- 1.2.2 Business Competition and Rational Behavior-- 1.2.3 The Birth of Organizations-- 1.2.4 The Principle of Modeling in Economics-- 1.3 Forecasting Human Behavior-- 1.3.1 Predictability of Economic Events-- 1.4 Frameworks of Economic Modeling-- 1.4.1 The Neoclassical Framework and Its Critique-- 1.4.2 Econophysics. 1.4.3 A Dynamic Extension to Neoclassical Economics1.4.4 Decision-Making Steelyard-- 1.5 A Summary of the Methodological Basis of Economics-- References-- 2 Measuring in Economics-- 2.1 Principles of Dimensional Analysis-- 2.2 A Measurement System for Economics-- 2.2.1 Measurement of Volume of Goods-- 2.2.2 Measurement of Time-- 2.2.3 Measurement of Monetary Values-- 2.2.4 Measurement of Satisfaction-- 2.2.5 Primary Dimensions in Economics-- Examples of Dimensional Calculations-- Examples of Measurement in Economics-- 2.3 Nominal and Real Quantities-- 2.3.1 How Do We Use Real Quantities? 2.3.2 Internal and External Value of a CurrencyNominal Exchange Rate-- Purchasing Power and Real Exchange Rate-- 2.4 Discrete and Continuous Quantities-- 2.5 Measuring Changes in Scalars-- 2.6 Measuring Changes in Values-- 2.6.1 Changes in Values in Discrete Time-- Logarithms in Measuring Value Changes-- 2.6.2 Changes in Values in Continuous Time-- 2.6.3 Interest Rate-- 2.7 Economic Kinematics-- 2.7.1 Average Velocity of Production-- 2.7.2 Instantaneous Velocity of Production-- 2.7.3 Velocity and Accumulated Production-- 2.7.4 Average Acceleration of Production. 2.7.5 Instantaneous Acceleration of Production2.7.6 Kinematics of a Two-Good Production System-- 2.8 Index Numbers-- 2.8.1 Index Numbers as Average Quantities-- 2.9 The Production Function-- References-- 3 Consumer Behavior -- 3.1 The Axioms of Consumer Behavior-- 3.2 A Consumer's Budget Equation-- 3.3 A Consumer's Preferences-- 3.4 A Consumer's Optimal Choice-- 3.5 Utility Function and Indifference Curves-- 3.6 The Equilibrium State of a Consumer-- 3.7 Dynamic Consumer Behavior-- 3.7.1 Lagrangian Formulation of Consumer Behavior-- 3.7.2 Marginal Willingness-to-Pay and Demand. 3.8 Newtonian Theory of a Consumer3.9 Aggregate Food Consumption-- 3.10 Aggregate Demand Relation of Food-- 3.11 Mathematical Appendix-- References-- 4 The Behavior of Firms-- 4.1 Principles of Firms' Behavior-- 4.1.1 Planning Firms' Behavior-- 4.2 The Forms of Business Organization-- 4.3 Revenues, Costs and the Profit of a Firm-- 4.3.1 Problems in the Calculation of a Firm's Profit-- 4.3.2 The Costs of Firms-- 4.3.3 The Revenues of Firms-- 4.4 The Production Decision of a Firm-- 4.4.1 Production Decision by Revenues and Costs-- 4.4.2 Production Decision by MarginalQuantities.

Özet
Presenting the dynamic laws of economic quantities, this book tackles one of the core difficulties of current economic theory: that of transforming abstract equations of equilibrium into precise dynamic rules. The theoretical framework of neoclassical micro theory has historically prohibited its development into a quantitative science. Estola identifies the main weaknesses of this framework as follows: 1) Static optimization does not allow for the modelling of time-dependent production and consumption flows; 2) The assumption of optimal behaviours forecloses any understanding of changes in economic quantities, as none will change its optimal behaviour. The author of this title assumes that economic units tend to better their situation where possible. The book demonstrates how this approach leads to an analogous framework in economics to the Newtonian framework in physics. The 'forces' acting upon economic quantities are defined that either cause adjustment toward an equilibrium state or keep the system in motion with time. In this way, the neoclassical framework corresponds to a 'zero-force' situation. Introducing a system of measurement units for economic phenomena, Estola applies this throughout, and thereby illuminates a way for microeconomics to meet the minimum requirements of quantitative analysis.

Konu Ek Girişi
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727-Influence.
 
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727-Etki.

Konu Başlığı
Labor economics.
 
Çalışma ekonomisi.
 
Economics
 
Ekonomi.
 
Microeconomics
 
Mikroekonomi.
 
Physics
 
Fizik.


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