Social dynamics
By: edited by Steven N. Durlauf and H. Peyton Young.
Contributors: Durlauf, Steven N.; Young, H. Peyton, 1945-
Series: Economic learning and social evolution; MIT Press series on economic learning and social evolution
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press; MIT Press; The MIT Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
Subjects: Social interaction; Social interaction -- Economic aspects; Economics -- Sociological aspects
Description: The essays in this book provide an overview of social economics and represent a variety of approaches, including theoretical model building, empirical studies, statistical analyses, and philosophical reflections.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

"[M]ade possible by grants from the Alex C. Walker Educational and Charitable Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation" -- t.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: The new social economics / Steven N. Durlauf and H. Peyton Young; title: The interactions-based approach to socioeconomic behavior / Lawrence E. Blume and Steven N. Durlauf; title: Policy interventions, low-level equilibria, and social interactions / Robert A. Moffitt; title: Measuring social interactions / Edward L. Glaeser and José A. Scheinkman; title: The dynamics of conformity / H. Peyton Young; title: Individual interactions, group conflicts, and the evolution of preferences / Samuel Bowles; title: The emergence of classes in a multi-agent bargaining model / Robert L. Axtell, Joshua M. Epstein, and H. Peyton Young; title: The breakdown of social contracts / Ken Binmore.