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

DOI10.1016/j.jedc.2006.09.013zbMath1163.91487MaRDI QIDQ1027417

J. Barkley jun. Rosser

Publication date: 1 July 2009

Published in: Journal of Economic Dynamics \& Control (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jedc.2006.09.013

zbMATH Keywords

multiple equilibria; structural stability; catastrophe theory; intellectual fads

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

35B41: Attractors

91B62: Economic growth models

01A65: Development of contemporary mathematics

91-03: History of game theory, economics, and finance

34C40: Ordinary differential equations and systems on manifolds

58K35: Catastrophe theory

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