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Hildenbrand W. Krelle (Managing Editor) H.P.Kunzi K.Ritter R.Sato U.Schittko P.Schonfeld R.Selten Managing Editors Prof. Dr. M. Beckmann Brown University Providence, Rl 02912, USA Prof. Dr. W. Krelle lnstitut fUr Gesellschafts-und Wirtschaftswissenschaften der Universitat Bonn Adenauerallee 24-42, D-5300 Bonn, FRG Editors Prof. Dr. David Batten Department of Economics, University of UmeA S-90 1 87 UmeA, Sweden Prof. John L. Casti Institute for Econometrics & Operations Research, Techn. Univ. of Vienna ArgentinierstraBe 8, A-1 040 Vienna, Austria Prof. Dr. Borje Johansson CERUM (Centre for Regional Science Research) and Department of Economics, University of Umea S-901 87 Umea, Sweden ISBN 978-3-540-18183-5 ISBN 978-3-662-02522-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-02522-2 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in other ways, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is only permitted under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its version of June 24, 1985, and a copyright fee must always be paid. Violations fall under the prosecution act of the German Copyright Law. ©Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1987 Originally published by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York in 1987 Preface Since the beginning of the fifties, the ruling paradigm in the discipline of economics has been that of a competitive general equilibrium. Associated dynamic analyses have therefore been preoccupied with the stability of this equilibrium state, corresponding simply to studies of comparative statics. The need to permeate the boundaries of this paradigm in order to open up new pathways for genuine dynamic analysis is now pressing. The contributions contained in this volume spring from this very ambition. A growing circle of economists have recently been inspired by two distinct but complementary sources: (i) the pathbreaking work of Joseph Schumpeter, and (ii) recent contributions to physics, chemistry and theoretical biology. It turns out that problems which are firmly rooted in the economic discipline, such as innovation, technological change, business cycles and economic development, contain many clear parallels with phenomena from the natural sciences such as the slaving principle, adiabatic elimination and self-organization. In such dynamic worlds, adjustment processes and adaptive behaviour are modelled with the aid of the mathematical theory of nonlinear dynamical systems. The dynamics is defined for a much wider set of conditions or states than simply a set of competitive equilibria. A common objective is to study and classify ways in which the qualitative properties of each system change as the parameters describing the system vary. The origins of the present volume may be traced to comparative studies of spatial and economic dynamics which were initiated at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in 1982. Among other tasks, the international reference group for these studies provided insights into the theoretical development of models and methods suited for the dynamic analyses of economic change processes. Many of the contributions contained herein have come from members of this reference group who have been undertaking basic research into dynamic processes such as competi tion, economic development and spatial adjustments. Most of the papers were presented during four special sessions held at the 5th International Conference on Mathematical Modelling, on the campus of the University of California in Berkeley, California from July 29-31, 1985. Three additional chapters have been prepared by those authors who were invited to IV contribute to these sessions but could not attend. Thus the volume is as complete and unified as possible. The editorial work has been undertaken by the Centre for Regional Science Research (CERUM) at the University of UmeA."' The work has been supported in other ways by the Department of Economics at the same university as well as by IIASA and the University of Karlstad. In particular, Jenny Wundersitz (CERUM) coordinated all editorial tasks and Ingrid Lindqvist (University of Karlstad) prepared and revised the manuscript. For their perseverence and perceptive attention to detail, the editors are sincerely grateful. UmeA, February 1987 David Batten John Casti B6rje Johansson * The work on this volume has been done within a project supported by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, grant 84/2.66: 1. Table of Contents Chapter 1 Economic Dynamics, Evolution and Structural Adjustment 1 B. Johansson, D. Batten, J. Casti PART A: DYNAMIC COMPETITION AND ECONOMIC EVOLUTION 25 Chapter 2 Creativity and Economic Dynamics Modelling 27 A.E. Andersson Chapter 3 The General Theory of Disequilibrium Economics and of Economic Evolution 46 R.H.Day Chapter4 The Balanced Path of Economic Development: A Fable for Growth Merchants 64 D.E Batten ChapterS Competitive Growth of Firms in an Industry 86 E. Akin Chapter 6 Technical Progress, Capital Accumulation, and Effective Demand: A Self-Organization Model. 116 G. Silverberg Chapter 7 Technological Vintages and Substitution Processes 145 B. Johansson Chapter 8 Log-Linear Relative Dynamics: Unification of Theories 166 M. Sonis PART B: PERIODIC CYCLES AND STRUC1URAL ADJUSTMENT 185 Chapter 9 The Schumpeter Clock 187 G. Haag, W. Weidlich and G. Mensch Chapter 10 Complex Dynamics in Continuous Models of the Business Cycle 227 T.Puu VI Chapter 11 Generalizations of Goodwin's Growth Cycle Model 260 I. Glombowski and M. Kruger Chapter 12 A Multisector Model of the Trade Cycle 291 A. Medio Chapter 13 (M,R)-Systems as a Framework for Modeling Structural Change in a Global Industry 313 J. Casti PARTC: LOCATION ANDSPATIALDYNAMICS 335 Chapter 14 Continuous Models of Spatial Dynamics 337 M. J. Beckmann Chapter 15 The Onset of Turbulence in Discrete Relative Multiple Spatial Dynamics 349 D.S. Dendrinos and M. Sonis Chapter 16 Adoption and Diffusion of Innovations and Evolution of Spatial Systems 368 H. Blommestein and P. Nijkamp List of Contributors 381 Chapter 1 Economic Dynamics, Evolution and Structural Adjustment B.JOHANSSON, D. BATTEN and J.CASTI From perspectives represented in this volume, contemporary economics may be regarded as a mature discipline. It has brought the state of the art close to the boundaries of the predominant paradigm. Breaking through these boundaries implies a search for alternatives or at least some alterations to this paradigm. Many of the contributions contained herein spring from such ambitions. The different chapters consist of various attempts to permeate the boundaries or to open up new pathways within the existing paradigm, and in several cases to break with the established tradition. On occasions, economic theory and modelling has adopted concepts and research strategies from the natural tv:iences, in particular from classical physics. A growing circle of economic theorists have recently been inspired by some other developments within the natural sciences. In this volume one can certainly identify influences of this kind. Approaches and rc'ncepts introduced in the models are inspired by recent contributions to physics, chemistry and theoretical biology. Moreover, techniques for rendering the analysis of dynamical systems more tractable have been imported and adapted from the natural and engineering sciences. However, the problems so addressed are firmly rooted 1 the economic discipline with a special focus on technological change, bus cycles, economic development and growth. The pathbreaking work of Schum1•tao;:r is a mutual source of inspiration for many of the authors. In this spirit the whole collection is concerned with the dynamic analysis of market economies and competition in the marketplace. 2 1. MODELS OF ECONOMIC DYNAMICS The two chapters on dynamics to be found in Samuelson's "Foundations of Economic Analysis" ( 1946) reveal that the evolution of most theoretical ideas and principles generally undergoes long incubation periods. Samuelson's explanations and interpretations of comparative statics, stability of equilibria, cycles and parametriza tion of dynamic processes contain many parallels with phenomena such as the slaving principle, adiabatic elimination, and self-organization (Haken, 1978; 1983). However, his discussion concentrates primarily on two aspects of economic dynamics, namely the stability of equilibria and business cycles. As such, Samuelson's contribution has little to say about economic growth, which has basically been a post war field of interest. Walrasian equilibrium models - in the guise of general competitive analysis - gained some momentum in the beginning of the 1950s. In retrospect one may recall a comprehensive research programme focussed on the existence of competitive equilibria, safeguarded by equilibrium prices. The associated dynamic analysis was therefore preoccupied with the stability of such equilibria. A great deal of theoretical effort was spent on the study of "artificial" price adjustment processes using the method of Lyapunov (see, e.g., Arrow and Hahn, 1971). The term "artificial" is justified here by the fact that the studies were not principally concerned with adjustment processes themselves, but rather with the stability of the essentially static notion of a competitive equilibrium. Indeed, the extent of any dynamic analysis was generally constrained by the equilibrium notion of the research programme. It may also be characterized as an underpinning for the static equilibrium analysis. As emphasized in the early work of Samuelson (1946), a static market equilibrium is of general interest only if it is stable. One might add that a competitive equilibrium will have little importance if it is not structurally stable or generic. Metaphorically speaking, if we repeat the market experiment under approximately the same conditions we would like to obtain approximately the same results (compare Hirsch and Smale, 1974). Growth theory comprises the process of capital accumulation intertwined with increases in production and consumption. The reconstruction of the world economy after the Second World War provided stimuli for analyzing growth problems. Von Neumann's German version of the influential "A Model of General Economic
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