New approaches to macroeconomic modeling : evolutionary stochastic dynamics, multiple equilibria, and externalities as field effects

Part I. Introduction: 1. Introduction 2. Simple illustrative and motivating examples 3. Empirical distributions: statistical laws in macroeconomics Part II. Modeling Interactions: 4. Modeling interactions I: Jump Markov processes 5. Modeling interactions II: master equations and field effects 6. Modeling interactions III: pairwise and multiple-pair interactions Part III. Hierarchical Dynamics and Critical phenomena: 7. Sluggish dynamics and hierarchical state spaces 8. Self-organizing and other critical phenomena in economic models 9. Appendices Symbol Index Subject Index.