Time in Economic Theory

Edited by Stefano Zamagni, Professor of Economics, University of Bologna and Johns Hopkins University, Bologna Center, Italy and Elettra Agliardi, Professor of Economics, University of Bologna, Italy

• Contents:Volume I AcknowledgementsIntroduction Stefano Zamagni and Elettra AgliardiPART IMETHODOLOGICAL ISSUES ON TIME IN ECONOMICS 1. Randall Bausor (1983), ‘Time and the Structure of Economic Analysis’2. Fernando Carvalho (1984), ‘On the Concept of Time in Shacklean and Sraffian Economics’3. M. Dummett (1986), ‘Causal Loops’4. N. Georgescu-Roegen (1971), ‘Instants of Time and Duration’, ‘Hysteresis and History’, ‘Time and “Time”’, ‘Stocks and Flows’, ‘Funds and Services’, and ‘Entropy and Economic Value’5. Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen (1985), ‘Time and Value in Economics and in Gossen’s System’6. Derek Parfit (1984), ‘Different Attitudes to Time’7. F.P. Ramsey (1928), ‘A Mathematical Theory of Saving’8. Paul A. Samuelson (1944), ‘The Relation Between Hicksian Stability and True Dynamic Stability’9. G.L.S. Shackle (1958), ‘The Complex Concept of Economic Time’10. G.L.S. Shackle (1976), ‘Time and Choice’11. Stephen Smale ([1977] 1980), ‘Some Dynamical Questions in Mathematical Economics’12. Gordon C. Winston (1982), ‘Economic Events in Time’13. Gordon C. Winston (1988), ‘Three Problems with the Treatment of Time in Economics: Perspectives, Repetitiveness, and Time Units’14. Stefano Zamagni (1984), ‘Ricardo and Hayek Effects in a Fixwage Model of Traverse’PART IITIME AND EQUILIBRIUM15. Randall Bausor (1986), ‘Time and Equilibrium’16. Jean-Pierre Danthine (1978), ‘Information, Futures Prices, and Stabilizing Speculation’17. Gérard Fuchs and Guy Laroque (1976), ‘Dynamics of Temporary Equilibria and Expectations’18. Jean Michel Grandmont (1977), ‘Temporary General Equilibrium Theory’19. Jean-Michel Grandmont (1985), ‘On Endogenous Competitive Business Cycles’20. Jerry R. Green (1973), ‘Temporary General Equilibrium in a Sequential Trading Model with Spot and Futures Transactions’21. Sanford J. Grossman (1977), ‘The Existence of Futures Markets, Noisy Rational Expectations and Informational Externalities’22. Frank H. Hahn and Takashi Negishi (1962), ‘A Theorem on Non-Tâtonnement Stability’23. Frank Hahn ([1989] 1990), ‘Information Dynamics and Equilibrium’24. Roy Radner (1972), ‘Existence of Equilibrium of Plans, Prices, and Price Expectations in a Sequence of Markets’25. Stephen Smale (1976), ‘Dynamics in General Equilibrium Theory’Name IndexVolume IIAcknowledgementsAn introduction by the editors to all three volumes appears in Volume IPART ITIME AND IRREVERSIBILITY1. Olivier J. Blanchard and Lawrence H. Summers (1986), ‘Hysteresis and the European Unemployment Problem’2. Christophe Chamley and Douglas Gale (1994), ‘Information Revelation and Strategic Delay in a Model of Investment’3. Avinash Dixit (1992), ‘Investment and Hysteresis’4. Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen (1975), ‘Bio-Economic Aspects of Entropy’5. Donald W. Katzner (2000), ‘Economics and the Principle of Uniformity’6. Robert S. Pindyck (1991), ‘Irreversibility, Uncertainty, and Investment’7. Jennifer F. Reinganum (1981), ‘Market Structure and the Diffusion of New Technology’8. Joan Robinson (1974), ‘History Versus Equilibrium’PART II TIME AND COMPLEX SYSTEMS9. W. Brian Arthur (1988), ‘Self-Reinforcing Mechanisms in Economics’10. Lawrence Blume and David Easley (1992), ‘Evolution and Market Behavior’11. William A. Brock (1991), ‘Understanding Macroeconomic Time Series Using Complex Systems Theory’12. Paul A. David (1994), ‘Why are Institutions the ‘Carriers of History’?: Path Dependence and the Evolution of Conventions, Organizations and Institutions’13. Steven N. Durlauf (1993), ‘Nonergodic Economic Growth’14. Hans Föllmer (1974), ‘Random Economies with Many Interacting Agents’15. John Foster (1997), ‘The Analytical Foundations of Evolutionary Economics: From Biological Analogy to Economic Self-Organization’16. Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen (1977), ‘What Thermodynamics and Biology can Teach Economists’17. Douglass C. North (1994), ‘Economic Performance Through Time’18. Michael Woodford (1989), ‘Imperfect Financial Intermediation and Complex Dynamics’PART IIITIME AND “PARADOXES” IN GAME THEORY 19. James W. Friedman (1971), ‘A Non-cooperative Equilibrium for Supergames’20. Mordecai Kurz (1992), ‘Understanding the Past in Order to Assess the Future: On Learning Equilibrium Price Processes’21. Reinhard Selten (1978), ‘The Chain Store Paradox’22. Eric van Damme (1989), ‘Stable Equilibria and Forward Induction’Name IndexVolume IIIAcknowledgementsAn introduction by the editors to all three volumes appears in Volume IPART ITHE ALLOCATION OF TIME ATheories of the Allocation of Time1. William J. Baumol (1968), ‘On the Social Rate of Discount’2. Gary S. Becker (1965), ‘A Theory of the Allocation of Time’3. Jeff E. Biddle and Daniel S. Hamermesh (1990), ‘Sleep and the Allocation of Time’4. Reuben Gronau (1977), ‘Leisure, Home Production, and Work – the Theory of the Allocation of Time Revisited’5. F. Thomas Juster and Frank P. Stafford (1991), ‘The Allocation of Time: Empirical Findings, Behavioral Models, and Problems of Measurement’6. Robert A. Pollak and Michael L. Wachter (1975), ‘The Relevance of the Household Production Function and Its Implications for the Allocation of Time’7. David L. Wetzell (2002), ‘On Some Unappreciated Implications of Becker’s Time Allocation Model of Labor Supply’8. Richard Zeckhauser (1973), ‘Time as the Ultimate Source of Utility’BThe Allocation of Time: Applications9. Rudolf Andorka (1987), ‘Time Budgets and Their Uses’10. Dagfinn Ås (1978), ‘Studies of Time-Use: Problems and Prospects’11. Corry Azzi and Ronald Ehrenberg (1975), ‘Household Allocation of Time and Church Attendance’12. Alok Bhargava (1997), ‘Nutritional Status and the Allocation of Time in Rwandese Households’13. Robert W. Fogel (1999), ‘Catching Up with the Economy’14. J. Gershuny (1995), ‘Time Budget Research in Europe’ [First prepared as J. Gershuny (1992), ‘Time Budget Research in Europe’15. Peter Kooreman and Arie Kapteyn (1987), ‘A Disaggregated Analysis of the Allocation of Time within the Household’16. Tadashi Yamada, Tetsuji Yamada and J. Moonwon Kang (1999), ‘A Study of Time Allocation of Japanese Households’PART IITIME, PREFERENCE REVERSAL AND THE THEORY OF CHOICE17. David E. Bell (1982), ‘Regret in Decision Making under Uncertainty’18. David M. Grether and Charles R. Plott (1979), ‘Economic Theory of Choice and the Preference Reversal Phenomenon’19. Jon Elster and George Loewenstein (1992), ‘Utility from Memory and Anticipation’20. Peter J. Hammond (1976), ‘Changing Tastes and Coherent Dynamic Choice’21. Tjalling C. Koopmans (1964), ‘On Flexibility of Future Preference’22. David M. Kreps (1979), ‘A Representation Theorem for “Preference for Flexibility”’23. Graham Loomes and Robert Sugden (1982), ‘Regret Theory: An Alternative Theory of Rational Choice Under Uncertainty’24. Maurizio Mistri (2002), ‘Addiction and the Dynamic Inconsistency of Consumption Plans’25. Robert A. Pollak (1970), ‘Habit Formation and Dynamic Demand Functions’26. Ian Steedman (2001), ‘Consumption Takes Time’27. R.H. Strotz (1955), ‘Myopia and Inconsistency in Dynamic Utility Maximization’28. Douglas Vickers (1981), ‘Real Time and the Choice-decision Point: A Comment on Findlay and Williams’ “Financial Theory”’Name Index