by Thomas J. Sargent (1987)
Describes the general equilibrium models that have been built to help interpret time series observations of economic aggregates and predicts the consequence of alternative government interventions.
Alexey Voinov
Modeling is a key component to sciences from mathematics to life science, including environmental and ecological studies. This book shows how models can be analyzed using simple math and software to generate meaningful qualitative descriptions of system dynamics.
Rüdiger Seydel
"This book provides a practical introduction to Computational Finance, formulating methods and algorithms that can be implemented and used. The first part presents basic features of options and mathematical models and the foundations of simulation methods such as Monte Carlo methods. The main topic of the book is the valuation of options based on the partial differential equations and inequalities of Black and Scholes. Basic approaches of finite-difference and finite-element methods are explained. The book is written in a vivid concise style, with a minimum of formalism and focussing on readability. Numerous figures and many examples illustrate the concepts. An extensive appendix provides additional material for readers with little background in finance, stochastics, or computational methods."--Jacket.
Atle Seierstad and Knut Sydsæter
This book serves not only as an introduction, but also as an advanced text and reference source in the field of deterministic optimal control systems governed by ordinary differential equations. It also includes an introduction to the classical calculus of variations. An important feature of the book is the inclusion of a large number of examples, in which the theory is applied to a wide variety of economics problems. The presentation of simple models helps illuminate pertinent qualitative and analytic points, useful when confronted with a more complex reality. These models cover: economic growth in both open and closed economies, exploitation of (non- ) renewable resources, pollution control, behaviour of firms, and differential games. A great emphasis on precision pervades the book, setting it apart from the bulk of literature in this area. The rigorous techniques presented should help the reader avoid errors which often recur in the application of control theory within economics.
Victoria Chick. --
"This reassessment of J. M. Keynes's The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money results from the author's experience in using Keynes's book as the core of her macroeconomics courses for undergraduates. It is intended to encourage others to bring the General Theory back into mainstream teaching because it 'gives a far richer understanding of the structure of macroeconomic interactions and methods of analysing them than much of what has been written since...'"--p. [4] of cover.