Foreword to the Special Issue of Computational Economics on Complex Dynamics in Economics and Finance

摘要

This special issue of Computational Economics contains a collection of refer-eed papers presented at the sixth MDEF Modelli Dinamici in Economia e Finanza (Dynamic Models in Economics and Finance) International Workshop held at the Department of Economics and Quantitative Methods of the University of Urbino, Italy, on the 23rd-25th of September, 2010. Scientific meetings certainly derive their value from the scientific results presented during the formal sessions, the discussions after the conferences often leading to a comparison of different methods and results. However equally important is the atmosphere created amongst the participants during the breaks, dinners and other social events that afford them the opportunity to catch up with old acquaintances and to make new ones. During the six editions of MDEF, which has taken place every two years in Urbino since 2000, many collaborations have been established among the participants and several papers and books written as a result of such fruitful collaborations have been planned and developed thanks to these meetings, including some of the papers published in this special issue.