The economic crisis is a crisis for economic theory

CESifo Economic Studies

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 498-535

  Kirman, Alan ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Complex system; Crisis; Forecasting; General equilibrium; Networks

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; DEVELOPMENT THEORY; ECONOMIC THEORY; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FORECASTING METHOD; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; MACROECONOMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 78649560353     PISSN: 1610241X     EISSN: 16127501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cesifo/ifq017     Document Type: Article

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