The rise and fall of catastrophe theory applications in economics: Was the baby thrown out with the bathwater?

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3255-3280

  Rosser Jr , J Barkley ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catastrophe theory; Intellectual fads; Multiple equilibria; Structural stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547658967     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2006.09.013     Document Type: Article

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