The field of artificial economics (AE) embraces a broad range of methodologies relying on computer simulations in order to model and study the complexity of economic and social phenomena. The overarching principle of AE is the analysis of aggregate properties of artificial economies populated by...

Introduction -- Technological Progress: Logistic Growth or Singularity -- Artificial Intelligence -- Artificial Happiness -- Issues in Artificial Intelligence -- Artificial Intelligence in Economics: ACE -- Economics of Artificial Intelligence -- State of the Art, Challenges for AGI

Die Evolution als Grundlage allen Verhaltens -- Das Statusziel -- Wie das Gehirn entscheidet -- Die Rolle der Arbeitsteilung -- Heuristisches Entscheiden -- Die Protagonisten -- Gerechtigkeit und gerechtes Teilen -- Moral und Religion -- Vertrauen -- Individuelle und kollektive Schutzmaßnahmen...

Vorwort des Reihenherausgebers -- 1. CSR und Wirtschaftspsychologie -- 2. Ein neues Weltbild für Ökonomie und Gesellschaft von morgen -- 3. Wertesystem, unternehmerische Verantwortung und Wachstumsneutralität -- 4. Werte und der Reifungsprozess von Unternehmen: Kontraintuitive Hypothesen in...

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 contributes to behavioral economic research on the central issue of social preferences, focusing on the implications of social fairness norms on the interaction of market participants. The author uses both game-theoretic and experimental methods to analyze the implications of social...

What is modern governance? Is it the battle against ‘old-fashioned’ hierarchy, or is it the restoration of key hierarchical values? Is it optimizing network management, or maximizing the benefits of market thinking in the public-sector? This book argues that it is the combination of all...

Economists’ “Irrational Passion for Dispassionate Rationality” -- The Methodological Constraints on the Rationality Premise -- Human Motivation and Adam Smith’s “Invisible Hands” -- Rationality in Economic Thought: From Thomas Robert Malthus to Alfred Marshall and Philip Wicksteed --...

The Banking Environment -- Alternative Perspectives on Bank Behavior -- The Industrial Economics of Banking -- The Economics of Banking Antitrust -- Bank Competition, Stability, and Regulation -- Economic Foundations of International Banking -- Capital Regulation, Bank Behavior, and Market...