Victor Yakovenko, University of Maryland By analogy with the probability distribution of energy in statistical physics, I argue that the probability distribution of money in a closed economic system sh, Reviews of Modern Physics 81, 1703 (2009), New Journal of Physics 12, 075032 (2010).  This work is currently supported by the Institute for New Economic Thinking,

Olle Häggström

I am a professor of mathematical statistics at Chalmers University of Technology and a board member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA) and of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Science

Place: Institute for Futures Studies, 4th floor, Holländargatan 13, 111 36 Stockholm  Listening Session And Drinks The Institute for Futures Studies hosts the premiere of a new 15-minute sound work. Regist

in: Poetics AbstractPsychological dual-process theory has become increasingly popular among sociologists. The dual-process framework accounts for two types of thinking; a fast, associative, automatic o

Our two seminar series will continue this spring, "Seminar on contemporary social and political issues" on Wednesdays and "Social-mechanism seminar" on Fridays. Come meet among others Michael Macy, Je

This paper estimates the effect of changes in population age structure on fertility through using the Easterlin/Macunovich mechanism. One finding is that as of yet, we do not have a sufficient theory

This paper provides an overview and survey of selected literature on effects of demographic change on financial markets and the role of financial intermediaries in promoting economic growth. It also p

Unlike economic theories and strategies of the last twenty years, this paper claims that health helps to create wealth, i.e. not only the other way around. It is argued that a human capital approach w

An important mechanism in low fertility countries is social interactions and its effects on ideal family size; as this is hard to capture in formal models, this paper uses an agent based simulation mo

Mikael Bask, Department of Economics Uppsala University Abstract To foster a deeper understanding of the mechanisms behind inequality in society, it is crucial to work with well-defined concepts associa