Table of Contents
Agent Based Computational Economics
Moshe Levy .................................................... 1
Agent Based Modeling and Neoclassical Economics: A Critical Perspective
Scott Moss ..................................................... 22
Agent Based Models in Economics and Complexity
Mauro Gallegati,Matteo G. Richiardi ...................................... 30
Bayesian Methods in Non-linear Time Series
Oleg Korenok ................................................... 54
Business Policy and Strategy, System Dynamics Applications to
James M. Lyneis .................................................. 69
Corporate andMunicipal BondMarket Microstructure in the U.S.
Michael S. Piwowar ................................................ 93
Delay and Disruption in Complex Projects
Susan Howick, Fran Ackermann, Colin Eden, TerryWilliams ......................... 116
Diffusion of Innovations, System Dynamics Analysis of thePeterM. Milling, Frank H.Maier ........................................ 136
Dynamics of Income Distribution in a Market Economy: Possibilities for Poverty Allevation
Khalid Saeed ................................................... 163
Econometrics: Models of Regime Changes
Jeremy Piger .................................................... 190
Econometrics: Non-linear Cointegration
Juan-Carlos Escanciano, Alvaro Escribano .................................... 203
Econometrics: Panel Data Methods
JeffreyM.Wooldridge ............................................... 215
Econophysics, Observational
BertrandM. Roehner ............................................... 238
Econophysics, StatisticalMechanics Approach to
Victor M. Yakovenko ............................................... 247
Extreme Events in Socio-economic and Political Complex Systems, Predictability of
Vladimir Keilis-Borok, Alexandre Soloviev, Allan Lichtman .......................... 273
Finance and Econometrics, Introduction to
Bruce Mizrach .................................................. 290
Finance, Agent Based Modeling in
SebastianoManzan ................................................ 293
Financial Economics, Fat-Tailed Distributions
Markus Haas, Christian Pigorsch ........................................ 308Financial Economics, Non-linear Time Series in
Terence C.Mills, Raphael N.Markellos ..................................... 340
Financial Economics, Return Predictability andMarket Efficiency
Stijn van Nieuwerburgh, Ralph S. J. Koijen ................................... 353
Financial Economics, The Cross-Section of Stock Returns and the Fama-French Three FactorModel
Ralitsa Petkova .................................................. 361
Financial Economics, Time Variation in the Market Return
Mark J. Kamstra, Lisa A. Kramer ........................................ 375
Financial Forecasting, Non-linear Time Series in
Gloria González-Rivera, Tae-Hwy Lee ...................................... 394
Financial Forecasting, Sensitive Dependence
Mototsugu Shintani ................................................ 424
Fractals and Economics
Misako Takayasu, Hideki Takayasu ....................................... 444
GARCH Modeling
ChristianM. Hafner ............................................... 464
Group Model Building
Etiënne A. J. A. Rouwette, JacA.M.Vennix ................................... 484
Health Care in the United Kingdom and Europe, System Dynamics Applications to
EricWolstenholme ................................................ 497
Health Care in the United States, System Dynamics Applications to
Gary Hirsch, Jack Homer ............................................. 513
Macroeconomics, Non-linear Time Series in
James Morley ................................................... 525Market Games and Clubs
MyrnaWooders .................................................. 549
Market Microstructure
Clara Vega, Christian S. Miller .......................................... 567
Market Microstructure, Foreign Exchange
Carol Osler .................................................... 580
Microeconometrics
Pravin K. Trivedi ................................................. 615
Nonparametric Tests for Independence
Cees Diks ..................................................... 636
Public Policy, System Dynamics Applications to
David F. Andersen, Eliot Rich, RoderickMacDonald .............................. 655
Scenario-Driven Planning with System Dynamics
Nicholas C. Georgantzas ............................................. 671
Stochastic Volatility
Torben G. Andersen, Luca Benzoni ....................................... 694
System Dynamics and Its Contribution to Economics and Economic Modeling
Michael J. Radzicki ................................................ 727
System Dynamics and Organizational Learning
KambizMaani .................................................. 738
System Dynamics in the Evolution of the Systems Approach
Markus Schwaninger ............................................... 753SystemDynamics Modeling: Validation for Quality Assurance
Markus Schwaninger, Stefan Groesser ...................................... 767
SystemDynamics Models of Environment, Energy and Climate Change
Andrew Ford ................................................... 782
System Dynamics Models, Optimization of
Brian Dangerfield ................................................. 802
SystemDynamics Philosophical Background and Underpinnings
Camilo Olaya ................................................... 812
SystemDynamics, AnalyticalMethods for StructuralDominance, Analysis in
Christian Erik Kampmann, Rogelio Oliva .................................... 833
SystemDynamics, Introduction to
Brian Dangerfield ................................................. 853
System Dynamics, The Basic Elements of
George P. Richardson ............................................... 856
TreasuryMarket, Microstructure of the U.S.
Bruce Mizrach, Christopher J. Neely ....................................... 863
List of Glossary Terms ................................................ 877
Index ......................................................... 883