The Foundations of Long Wave Theory: Models and Methodology

by Francisco Lou, Jan Reijnders

Overview

This two volume set is a comprehensive collection of historical and contemporary articles which highlight the theoretical foundations and the methods and models of long wave analysis. After examining the beginnings of long wave theory, the book includes discussions of time series methods and non-linear modelling, with an exploration of economic development in its historical context. It investigates the process of evolution and mutation in industrial capitalism over the last two hundred years. Contemporary reviews and critiques of long wave theory are also included. It makes available for the first time much important material that has hitherto been inaccessible. The book will be of immense value to all students and scholars interested in the history of economic thought, time series analysis and evolutionary or institutionalist analysis.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781858988429
Publisher:	Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication date:	04/24/1999
Series:	The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics series , #104
Pages:	1104
Product dimensions:	6.62(w) x 9.62(h) x (d)

About the Author

Edited by Francisco Louçã, University of Lisbon, Portugal and Jan Reijnders, Associate Professor of Economics, Utrecht School of Economics, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands

Table of Contents

Contents: Volume I: Introduction Part I: The Pioneers Part II: Times Series Methods Part III: Catastrophe, Chaos and Nonlinear Modelling Index • Volume II: Part I: Cycles, Waves, Swings and Phases: Economic Development in its Historical Context Part II: Overviews Index

Editorial Reviews

This two-volume set collects articles written between 1847 and 1996 that address three constellations of methods applied to the detection of long waves, with their theoretical underpinnings and their results<-->econometric and statistical techniques, model simulation and nonlinear approaches, and narratives based on historical inquiries and descriptive or limited inductive statistics. Volume I (28 papers) covers pioneers, times series methods, and catastrophe, chaos and nonlinear modelling. Volume II (16 papers) presents overviews as well as a discussion of economic development in its historical context. Each volume contains a name index but no subject index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

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