An attempt is made, in these few pages, to suggest how Stefano Zambelli's economic intuition is based on the work of distinguished unorthodox (and some enlightened orthodox) economists, emphasising the connection between the long-term and the short-term and the theory of imperfect competition.

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Finite Difference Equations and Systems of Difference Equations in Rational Expectations -- Chapter 3. Models of Representative Agents and Real Business Cycle Models -- Chapter 4. A Simplified Illustration of Numerical Solution Methods of DSGE Models With...

We propose a new welfare criterion that allows us to rank alternative financial market structures in the presence of belief heterogeneity. We analyze economies with complete and incomplete financial markets and/or restricted trading possibilities in the form of borrowing limits or transaction...