Augustin Cournot: Modelling Economics

Edited by Jean-Philippe Touffut

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Abstract: From his earliest publications, Cournot broke from tradition with his predecessors in applying mathematical modelling to the social sphere. Consequently, he was the first to affirm the mathematization of social phenomena as an essential principle. The fecundity of Cournot’s works stems not only from this departure, but also from a richness that irrigated the social sciences of the twentieth century. In this collection, the contributors – including two Nobel laureates in economics – highlight Cournot’s profound innovativeness and continued relevance in the areas of industrial economics, mathematical economics, market competition, game theory and epistemology of probability and statistics. Each of the seven authors reminds us of the force and modernity of Cournot’s thought as a mathematician, historian of the sciences, philosopher and, not least, as an economist.

Keywords: Economics and Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
ISBN: 9781847205865
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Cournot as Economist: 200 Years of Relevance

Jean Magnan de Bornier

Ch 2 Cournot’s Probabilistic Epistemology

Thierry Martin

Ch 3 The Functions of Economic Models

Bernard Walliser

Ch 4 From Cournot’s Principle to Market Efficiency

Glenn Shafer

Ch 5 War and Peace

Robert Aumann

Ch 6 Cournot and the Social Income

Robert Solow

Ch 7 Comparing the Incomparable: The Sociology of Statistics

Alain Desrosières

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