Susan Pulham und Michael Deeken analysieren die Rationalität und mit ihr verbundene Einschränkungen am Beispiel von (privaten) Anlegern. Die AutorInnen geben zuerst einen Überblick über verschiedene Rationalitätsverständnisse in der soziologischen und wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen...

This book pursues a nonlinear approach in considering both chaotic dynamical models and agent-based simulation models of economics, as well as their dynamical behaviors. Three key concepts arising in this context are “nonlinearity,” “bounded rationality” and “heterogeneity,” which...

This book challenges the generally accepted theories of classical economics, explaining why the expected utility theory, even if it were true, fails to be of much help in solving economic controversies