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Importanţa matematicilor pentru ştiinţele economice
Significance of mathematics for economics

Author(s): Dragoş STUPARU, Cora-Ionela Dăniasă
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Editura Eurostampa
Keywords: axiomatisation; mathematisation of economics; econometrics

Summary/Abstract: Mathematics plays a very important role in economics. This role has been increasing in importance in last years. Mathematics is thus increasingly important in terms of the expression and communication of ideas in economics. This in itself is a matter of interest, particularly with respect to the public understanding of economics. Mathematics is increasingly significant for economics, namely its role in the economy itself. Increasingly activity in financial markets (particularly in derivatives trading) is governed by mathematical models. We will focus here, rather, on the effect of mathematisation on the content of economics. This is preceded by a brief account of the history of the role of mathematics in economics.

  • Issue Year: XV/2009
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 384-391
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English