Economic Models: Methodsory and Applications Book

A Profile Tom Oskar Martin Kronsjo ix

About the Editor xiii

Contributors xv

Introduction xix

Chapter 1 Methods of Modelling: Mathematical Programming 1

Topic 1 Some Unresolved Problems of Mathematical Programming Olav Bjerkholt 3

Chapter 2 Methods of Modeling: Econometrics and Adaptive Control System 21

Topic 1 A Novel Method of Estimation Under Co-Integration Alexis Lazaridis 23

Topic 2 Time Varying Responses of Output to Monetary and Fiscal Policy Dipak R. Basu Alexis Lazaridis 43

Chapter 3 Mathematical Modeling in Macroeconomics 67

Topic 1 The Advantages of Fiscal Leadership in an Economy with Independent Monetary Policies Andrew Hughes Hallet 69

Topic 2 Cheap-Talk Multiple Equilibria and Pareto - Improvement in an Environmental Taxation Games Christophe Deissenberg Pavel &Scheck;ev&ccheck;ík 101

Chapter 4 Modeling Business Organization 119

Topic 1 Enterprise Modeling and Integration: Review and New Directions Nikitas Spiros Koutsoukis 121

Topic 2 Toward a Theory of Japanese Organizational Culture and Corporate Performance Victoria Miroshnik 137

Topic 3 Health Service Management Using Goal Programming Anna-Maria Mouza 151

Chapter 5 Modeling National Economies 171

Topic 1 Inflation Control in Central and Eastern European Countries Fabrizio Iacone Renzo Orsi 173

Topic 2 Credit and Income: Co-Integration Dynamics of the US Economy Athanasios Athanasenas 201

Index 223