<p>Some older references, from the first wave of fascination with the subject:</p>

<p>1) <a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/1942966" rel="nofollow">Baumol, W. J., &amp; Benhabib, J. (1989). Chaos: significance, mechanism, and economic applications. The journal of economic perspectives, 77-105.</a></p>

<p>A general introductory overview.</p>

<p>2) <a href="http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-662-22233-1" rel="nofollow">Lorenz, H. W. (1993). Nonlinear dynamical economics and chaotic motion (Vol. 334). Berlin: Springer.</a></p>

<p>Theoretical treatment</p>

<p>3) <a href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/nonlinear-dynamics-chaos-and-instability" rel="nofollow">Brock, W. A., Hsieh, D. A., &amp; LeBaron, B. (1991). Nonlinear dynamics, chaos, and instability.</a></p>

<p>Applied econometrics for the detection of chaotic behavior in economic time-series, from two of the most known researchers in the field (W. Brock and B. LeBaron)/</p>

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<p>For someone who already knows micro and macro economics, are there any good books to understand chaos theory in economics and mathematical economics in general?</p>

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You mean "bifurcations and cycles" by chaos ?
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# Books about chaos theory

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For someone who already knows micro and macro economics, are there any good books to understand chaos theory in economics and mathematical economics in general?

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> **username_1**: You mean "bifurcations and cycles" by chaos ?  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2015-12-05. Score: 2

Some older references, from the first wave of fascination with the subject:

1) [Baumol, W. J., & Benhabib, J. (1989). Chaos: significance, mechanism, and economic applications. The journal of economic perspectives, 77-105.](http://www.jstor.org/stable/1942966)

A general introductory overview.

2) [Lorenz, H. W. (1993). Nonlinear dynamical economics and chaotic motion (Vol. 334). Berlin: Springer.](http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-662-22233-1)

Theoretical treatment

3) [Brock, W. A., Hsieh, D. A., & LeBaron, B. (1991). Nonlinear dynamics, chaos, and instability.](https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/nonlinear-dynamics-chaos-and-instability)

Applied econometrics for the detection of chaotic behavior in economic time-series, from two of the most known researchers in the field (W. Brock and B. LeBaron)/


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