Talk:Economics Chapter of the System Dynamics Society

Advertisement tag
Hi everyone, i put the tag in place because this page reads like the home web page of the Economics Chapter of the SDS. Sorry, but wikipedia is an encyclopedia. There inevitably is some cross-over between giving publicity for the phenomenona studied (which could be political/commercial organisations like this one) and documenting them encyclopedia style, but if wikipedians start looking seriously at this page, they probably would not be terribly happy.

This tag is a suggestion to get to work on NPOVing etc the page and remove stuff like "Announcements".

In fact, i'll quote what's written above my edit box: ''Wikipedia is not an advertising service. Promotional articles about yourself, your friends, your company or products; or articles created as part of a marketing or promotional campaign, may be deleted in accordance with our deletion policies. For more information, see Spam.''

Boud 15:17, 7 August 2006 (UTC)


 * I did some cleanup. Is this better?


 * This article still looks a home web page of the Economics Chapter of the SDS. - Mdd 08:28, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Selected bibliography - removed
I have removed the following list of publications because they don't relate to the subject "Economics Chapter of the System Dynamics Society" directly. In articles like this only publications directly related to the subject should be allowed. - Mdd 11:06, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Institutional and Evolutionary Economics and System Dynamics

 * Atkinson, G. 2004. Common Ground for Institutional Economics and System Dynamics Modeling. System Dynamics Review 20 (4): 275-286
 * Saeed, K. 2004. Designing an environmental mitigation banking institution for linking the size of economic activity to environmental capacity. Journal of Economic Issues 38 (4): 909-937
 * Radzicki, M. 2003. Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Forrester and a Foundation for Evolutionary Economics. Journal of Economic Issues 37(1): 133-173
 * Harvey, J. T. 2002. Keynes' chapter 22: A system dynamics model. Journal of Economic Issues 36 (2): 373-382
 * Harvey, J. T. and K. Klopfenstein. 2001. International capital and Mexican development: A system dynamics model. Journal of Economic Issues 35 (2): 439-450
 * Radzicki, M. J. and J. D. Sterman 1994. Evolutionary Economics and System Dynamics. Evolutionary Concepts in Contemporary Economics. R. England. Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press: 61-89
 * Radzicki, M. J. 1990. Methodologia Oeconomiae et Systematis Dynamis. System Dynamics Review 6(2): 1213-147
 * Radzicki, M. J. 1990. Institutional Dynamics, Deterministic Chaos, and Self-Organizing Systems. Journal of Economic Issues 24(1): 57-102

Complex Economic Dynamics and System Dynamics

 * Brens, M. and J. Sturis. 1991. Local and Global Bifurcations in a Model of the Economic Long Wave. System Dynamics Review 7(1): 41-60
 * Sterman, J. D. 1989. Deterministic Chaos in an Experimental Economic System. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 12: 1-28
 * Rasmussen, S., E. Mosekilde and J. D. Sterman. 1985. Bifurcations and Chaotic Behavior in a Simple Model of the Economic Long Wave. System Dynamics Review 1(1): 92-110

Environmental Economics and System Dynamics

 * Low, C., Ostrom, Wilson, Simon. 1999. Human-Ecosystem Interactions: A Dynamic Integrated Model. Ecological Economics 31: 227-242

Development Economics and System Dynamics

 * Saeed, K. 1998. Towards Sustainable Development, 2nd Edition: Essays on System Analysis of National Policy. Aldershot, England: Ashgate Publishing Company.read online...

Micro-Economics and System Dynamics

 * Sice, P., E. Mosekilde, A. Moscardini, K. Lawler and I. French. 2000. Using System Dynamics to Analyse Interactions in Duopoly Competition. System Dynamics Review 16(2): 113

General Economics and System Dynamics

 * Heij, C. System Dynamics in Economic & Financial Models. New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997
 * Mosekilde, E., J. S. Thomsen and J. D. Sterman. 1992. Nonlinear Interactions in the Economy. Economic Evolution and Demographic Change. G. Haag, U. Müller and K. Troitzsch. Berlin, Springer-Verlag: 35-61
 * Kivijarvi, H. and M. Tuominen. 1986. Solving Economic Optimal Control Problems with System Dynamics. System Dynamics Review 2(2): 138-149
 * Sterman, J. D. 1985. A Behavioral Model of the Economic Long Wave. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 6(1): 17-53
 * Koch, D. L. and N. J. Mass. 1981. The Florida Economy-Elements of a System Dynamics Approach. Business Economic 16(1): 21-25
 * Forrester, J. W. Information Sources for Modeling the National Economy.Journal of the American Statistical Association 75, 371 (1980): 555-574
 * Low, G. W. 1980. The Multiplier-Accelerator Model of Business Cycles Interpreted from a System Dynamics Perspective. Elements of the System Dynamics Method. J. Randers. Cambridge MA, Producivity Press: 76-94
 * Forrester, J. W. 1977. Understanding the Changing Basis for Economic Growth - an Application of System Dynamics. Computers & People 26(1): 12, 26-27
 * Forrester, J. W. 1977. Growth Cycles. De Economist 125(4): 525-543.
 * Van Duijin, J. J. 1977. The Long Wave in Economic Life. De Economist 125(4): 32.

Removed Model Databases
I removed the following links, which are not directly related to the subject and shouldn't have been within the article (but at the end) in the first place.- Mdd 11:11, 17 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Tom Fiddaman's System Dynamics Model Library
 * Simulations hostetd by Forio
 * Models hosted by Savannah Simulations

Removed Teaching
I removed the following part, because I don't understand how this is related - Mdd 12:33, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Using STELLA to Teach Macroeconomics. An article by David Wheat in The Connector. Economics students often find it difficult to see how textbook graphs interact to influence economic system performance. This is a brief account of how STELLA's story-telling feature helps capture the elusive dynamics of interaction. Read more...

MacroLab: Model-Facilitated Learning of Macroeconomics Instructor: David Wheat, University of Bergen. Wheat resources Inc.

Macroeconomic Dynamics Instructor: Michael Radzicki, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Web site: WPI Corporate Education

System Dynamics Group Bergen Web site: The System Dynamic Group at the University of Bergen

At the Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus in Germany System Dynamics is incorporated into courses "Introduction into General Economics" and "Business Cycles and Economic Growth" (upper-level course) by Prof. Wolfgang Cezanne (Chair of Macroeconomics) and Lars Weber (Web site: Chair of Macroeconomics). They use the system view to give students an idea about how things are connected in the economy. They draw CLDs for common economic problems. In the upper-level course SD is used to visualize and understand the links between the variables in common economic theories. They also held seminars, in which students can investigate different policies by running simulations.

Renmoved most of the External links
I removed most of the external links - Mdd 12:33, 17 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Association for Heterodox Economics
 * Society for Computational Economics
 * Agent-Based Economics
 * Resources for Economists on the Internet
 * Michael J. Radzicki, Associate Professor, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
 * System Dynamics Society
 * simthemis
 * http://www.wpi.edu/~econsd