Simulation, computation and dynamics in economics
K. Vela Velupillai and
Stefano Zambelli
Journal of Economic Methodology, 2015, vol. 22, issue 1, 1-27
Abstract:
Computation and Simulation have always played a role in economics - whether it be pure economic theory or any variant of applied, especially policy-oriented, macro- and microeconomics or what has increasingly come to be called empirical or experimental economics. Computations and simulations are also intrinsically dynamic. This triptych - computation, simulation and dynamic - is given natural foundations, mainly as a result of developments in the mathematics underpinnings in the potentials of computing, using digital technology. A running theme in this essay is the recognition that, increasingly, the development of economic theory seems to go hand in hand with advances in the theory and practice of computing, which is, in turn, a catalyst for the move away from too much reliance on any kind of mathematics for the formalisation of economic entities that is inconsistent with the mathematical, methodological and epistemological foundations of the theory of computation.
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/1350178X.2015.1004933
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