Modeling Dynamic Economic Systems

Foreword.- Preface.- Notation.- Part I: Introduction.- Modeling Dynamic Systems.- Disaggregation of Stocks.- Part II: Methods for Dynamic Modeling.- System Boundaries in Space and Time.- Scheduling Flows.- Positive Feedback in the Economy.- Derivatives and Lags.- Part III: Microeconomic Models of Firms.- Introduction to Modeling Economic Processes.- Substitution of Inputs in Production.- Time Value.- Opportunity Cost.- The Profit-Maximizing Competitive Firm.- The Profit-Maximizing Monopoly.- Monopolistic Collusion.- Quasi-Competitive Equilibrium.- Modeling Economic Games.- Part IV: Modeling Optimal Use of Nonrenewable Resources.- Competitive Scarcity.- Competitive Scarcity with Substitution.- Competitive Scarcity with Cost Dependent on Production Rate and Resource Size.- Competitive Scarcity with Technical Change.- Competitive Scarcity with Exploration.- Monopoly Scarcity.- Monopoly Scarcity with Variable Interest Rate.- Monopoly Scarcity with Cost Dependent on Production Rate and Resource Size.- Part V: Modeling Optimal Use of Renewable Resources.- Optimal Timber Harvest.- Managing Open Access Resources.- Optimal Harvest from Fisheries.- Spatial Fishery Model.- Part VI: Chaos in Economic Models.- Preference Cycles and Chaos.- Nonmonotonic Demand and Supply Curves.- Price Expectation and Production Lags.- Chaos in Macroeconomic Models.- Part VII: Conclusion.- Building a Modeling Community.- References.- Index.