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ECON 692 Evolutioanry Economics
Fall 2009
Reading List
1. Introduction
Nelson, R.R. and Winter, S.G. (1982), An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change, Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
Schumpeter, J.A. (1911/1934), The Theory of Economic Development, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.
2. Simulation and the Social Sciences
* Gilbert, N. and Troitzsch, K.G. (2005), Simulation for the Social Scientist, 2nd Edition, Open University Press, Chapters 1 and 2.
* Davidson, P. (2002), "Agent Based Social Simulation: A Computer Science View", Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, vol 5, n.1. (http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/5/1/7.html)
Goldspink, C. (2002), "Methodological Implications of Complex Systems Approaches to Sociality: Simulation as a Foundation for Knowledge", Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, vol 5, n.1. (http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/5/1/3.html)
3. Dynamical Systems and Cellular Automata
* Gilbert, N. and Troitzsch, K.G. (2005), Chapter 7.
* Foley, D. K. (1998), "Introduction" in P.S. Albin, Barriers and Bounds to Rationality, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, Chapter 1.
Albin, P.S. (1998) Barriers and Bounds to Rationality, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, Chapters 3-5.
Day, R. H. (1982), "Irregular Growth Cycles", American Economic Review (72): 406-414.
4. Multi-agent Evolutionary Microsimulation Models
* Gilbert, N. and Troitzsch, K.G. (2005), Chapters 7-8.
* Ballot, G. and Taymaz, E. (2001), "Training Policies and Economic Growth in an Evolutionary World", Structural Change and Economic Dynamics (12): 311-329.
* Chattoe, E. (1998), "Just How (un)realistic are Evolutionary Algorithms as representations of Social Processes?", Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 1 (3). (http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/1/3/2.html)