This paper responds to the development policy debate involving the World Bank and the IMF on the use of fiscal policy not only for economic stabilization but also to promote economic growth and increase per capita income. A key issue in this debate relates to the effect of the composition of...

Editorial -- Market Dynamics With Heterogeneous Agents: Allocative Efficiency and Traders' Protection Under Zero Intelligence Behavior -- Using Software Agents to Supplement Tests Conducted by Human Subjects -- Diversification Effect of Heterogeneous Beliefs -- Can Investors Benefit from Using...

This text analyzes the macroeconomics of global warming, especially the economics of possible preventative measures, various policy changes, and potential effects of climate change on developing and developed nations.

Chapter 1 Managing, Inducing, and Preventing Regime Shifts: A Review of the Literature -- Chapter 2 Institutional change, education and population growth: lessons from dynamic modelling -- Chapter 3 Poverty Traps and Disaster Insurance in a Bi-Level Decision Framework -- Chapter 4 Rationally...