Description: 1 Introduction and Outline.- 1.1 Bounded Rationality.- 1.2 Theory of Nonlinear Dynamics.- 1.3 Outline.- 2 A T'tonnement Process.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2Price adjustment models.- 2.3 The Model.- 2.4 Symmetry.- 2.5 Local bifurcation analysis.- 2.6 Global dynamics.- 2.7An asymmetric price adjustment process.- 2.8 Multiplicity of equilibria.- 2.9 Summary and conclusions.- 3 Perfect Foresight Cycles in Overlapping Generations Models.- 3.1 The overlapping generations model.- 3.2 Equivalence.- 3.3 Examples.- 4 Learning in Overlapping Generations Models.- 4.1 Perfect foresight versus learning.- 4.2 The overlapping generations model.- 4.3 Static expectations.- 4.4 A regression on price levels.- 4.5 A regression on inflation rates - part I.- 4.6 A regression on inflation rates - part II.- 4.7 Summary.- 5 An Evolutionary Model of Cournot Competition.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 The Model.- 5.3 Best-Reply versus Rational Players.- 5.4 Local Bifurcation Analysis.- 5.5 Global Bifurcation Analysis.- 5.6 lmitators versus Best-Reply Players.- 5.7 Concluding Remarks.- 5.8 Appendix.- 6 Price Adjustment in Monopolistic Competition.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2A partial equilibrium model.- 6.3 A short memory learning procedure.- 6.4 A long memory learning procedure.- 6.5 Concluding remarks.- References.

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