Nonlinear Dynamics of Financial Crises : How to Predict Discontinuous Decisions.

Front Cover -- Nonlinear Dynamics of Financial Crises -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Brief Description of the Book -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- References -- 2 Evolution of Financial Crises -- 2.1 Definitions and Common Patterns of the Crisis -- 2.2 The Crisis Cycle Bird's-Eye Description -- 2.3 Evolutionary Economics and Complex Systems Approaches to Describing Crisis Cycles -- 2.3.1 General Equilibrium Economic Theory and Financial Crises -- 2.3.2 Complexity Theory and Financial Crises -- 2.3.3 Complex Adaptive Systems -- 2.4 Evolutionary Economics -- References -- 3 The Sociocultural Niche -- 3.1 Creativity -- 3.2 Evidences and Memes -- 3.3 Creativity as a Memes Mutation -- 3.4 Logistic Penetration of Memes -- 3.4.1 Collateral Composition Trends in CDOs -- References -- 4 Occupy the Financial Niche-Saturation and Crisis -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Social Reality and Collective Behavior -- 4.3 Dynamics of Memes -- 4.4 Description of the Model -- 4.4.1 Experimental Grounds -- 4.4.2 The Master Equation of the Process -- 4.4.3 Identification of the System Variable and Control Parameters -- 4.4.4 Change of Stationary Solution with Variations of the Control Parameters-the "Cusp" Type Catastrophe -- 4.5 Criteria for Financial Development Strategies -- 4.5.1 Beyond Resilience-Decisions for Safety -- 4.5.2 Perception of Alternatives and Strategic Conduct -- References -- 5 Monitoring Issues and Measuring the Change -- 5.1 Predict the Phase Change -- 5.2 Crossing the Limit in the Decision Space -- 5.3 Cases of Decision Trajectory Evolution -- 5.4 Freedom Versus Deregulation-Historical Considerations -- 5.5 Procedure for Predicting Crisis Cycles -- References -- 6 Nonlinear Effects in Market Penetration-Deterministic Chaos -- 6.1 Quadratic Phase Diagrams in Economics -- 6.2 Penetration of a Financial Instrument -- References.

7 Final Thoughts on Crises and Adaptability -- 7.1 Do We Want to Eliminate the Crises? -- References -- Appendix 1 Evolution of Models in Relation to Crisis Cycles -- References -- Appendix 2 Logistic Map -- References -- Bibliography.

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