Iowa State University University of Southern California
Alma mater
University of Minnesota Carleton College
Doctoral advisor
Clifford Hildreth Leonid Hurwicz
Information at IDEAS / RePEc
Leigh Tesfatsion is a computational economist who taught at Iowa State University. She received her doctorate at the University of Minnesota, and taught at the University of Southern California before moving to Iowa State. She is known for promoting agent-based models as an alternative to rational expectations general equilibrium models for studying markets, finance, and macroeconomic phenomena. Her works are widely cited in the literature on the subject.[1]
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LeighTesfatsion is a computational economist who taught at Iowa State University. She received her doctorate at the University of Minnesota, and taught...
International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, 12–16 December 2011 • LeighTesfatsion (2006). "Agent-Based Computational Economics: A Constructive Approach...
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Computational Economics, v. 2, ch. 17, pp. 881– 93. ISBN 0-444-51253-5. LeighTesfatsion and Kenneth L. Judd, ed., 2006. Handbook of Computational Economics...
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Monetary Economics. 37 (3): 535–548. doi:10.1016/0304-3932(96)01256-1. Tesfatsion, Leigh (2010). "Notes on the Lucas Critique, Time Inconsistency, and Related...
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Quarterly Review. 18 (1): 2–16. Tesfatsion, Leigh (2003). "Agent-Based Computational Economics" (PDF). Iowa State University...
Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Perth. Retrieved 3 February 2023. Tesfatsion, Leigh (2006). "Chapter 16 Agent-Based Computational Economics: A Constructive...
theories, and evidence. Vol. 14. Westview Press. Amman, Hans M; Tesfatsion, Leigh; Judd, Kenneth L; Kendrick, David A; Rust, John (2006). Handbook of...
from the original on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2012. Tesfatsion, Leigh (Winter 2002). "Agent-Based Computational Economics: Growing Economies...