Economic dynamics / Giancarlo Gandolfo.

Preface, vii -- 1. Introduction, 1 -- I. Linear difference equations, 5 -- 2. Difference equations: general principles, 7 -- 3. First-order difference equations, 17 -- 4. First-order difference equations in economic models, 35 -- 5. Second-order difference equations, 53 -- 6. Second-order difference equations in economic models, 71 -- 7. Higher-order difference equations, 83 -- 8. Higher-order difference equations in economic models, 95 -- 9. Simultaneous systems of difference equations, 103 -- 10. Simultaneous difference systems in economic models, 137 -- II. Linear differential equations, 145 -- 11. Differential equations: general principles, 147 -- 12. First-order differential equations, 155 -- 13. First-order differential equations in economic models, 169 -- 14. Second-order differential equations, 193 -- 15. Second-order differential equations in economic models, 207 -- 16. Higher-order differential equations, 213 -- 17. Higher-order differential equations in economic models, 227 -- 18. Simultaneous systems of differential equations, 237 -- 19. Differential equation systems in economic models, 279 -- III. Advanced topics -- 20. Comparative statics and the correspondence principle, 305 -- 21. Stability of equilibrium: a general treatment, 331 -- 22. Sanddle points and economic dynamics, 373 -- 23. Liapunovs second method, 407 -- 24. Introduction to nonlinear dynamics, 429 -- 25. Bifurcation theory, 469 -- 26. Complex dynamics, 503 -- 27. Mixer differential-difference equations, 545 -- 28. Bibliography, 571 -- 29. Name index, 593 -- 30. Subject index, 599 -- 31. Answers to exercises, 611.