The recent economic events driven by the big financial crisis of 2007-08 has cogently put to the fore the limits and drawbacks of the ruling research paradigm in macroeconomics. This volume goes to the root of the problem by offering a workable alternative to the renowned issue of the...

An analysis of the Japanese credit market in 2004 between banks and quoted firms is done in this paper using the tools of the networks theory. It can be pointed out that: (i) a backbone of the credit channel emerges, where some links play a crucial role; (ii) big banks privilege long-term...

Starting from the generalized exponential function <InlineEquation ID="Equ1"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$\exp_{\kappa}(x)=(\sqrt{1+\kappa^{2}x^{2}}+\kappa x)^{1/\kappa}$</EquationSource> </InlineEquation>, with exp <Subscript>0</Subscript>(x)=exp (x), proposed in reference [G. Kaniadakis, Physica A <Emphasis Type="Bold">296, 405 (2001)], the survival function P<Subscript></Subscript>(x)=exp <Subscript>κ</Subscript>(-βx<Superscript>α</Superscript>), where x∈R<Superscript>+</Superscript>, α,β0, and <InlineEquation ID="Equ2"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$\kappa\in[0,1)$</EquationSource>...</equationsource></inlineequation></superscript></superscript></subscript></subscript></emphasis></subscript></equationsource></inlineequation>