Mathematical Economics and the Dynamics of Capitalism

Peter Flaschel is Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics and Business Administration, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany Michael Landesmann is Scientific Director of the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies and Professor and Chair of the Department of Economics at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria.

Introduction, Part 1. Nonlinear Macrodynamics: Theory, 1. Coexistence of Multiple Business Cycles in Goodwin's 1951 Model, 2. An Encompassing Theory of Macroeconomic Growth and Fluctuation, 3. Kaleckian Investment and Employment Cycles in Post-war Industrialized Economies, 4. A Goodwin-Cycle with Changing Regimes of Industrial Relations, 5. Varieties of Capitalism: The Flexicurity Model, 6. Goodwin Cycles and the U.S. Economy, 1948-2004, Part 2. Nonlinear Macrodynamics: Empirical Analysis, 7. The Classical Growth Cycle after fifteen years of new observations, 8. Debt-Equity Cycles in the 20th Century: Empirical Evidence and a Dynamic Keynesian Model, 9. Monetary Policy Rules in Small Open Economies: A Keynesian Perspective, 10. Semi-Structural Keynes-Goodwin Modelling: Elaboration and Calibration of a Baseline Theoretical Framework, Part 3. Multisectoral and Microfounded Approaches, 11. Decomposition Methods for Analyzing Intra-regional and Inter-regional Income Distribution, 12. Computational Explorations of Vertically Coupled Markets, 13. Microfounded Animal Spirits and Goodwinian Income Distribution Dynamics, 14. Goodwin's Structural Economic Dynamics in the Context of Globalisation