From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/2360 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Cameron Freer Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: Re: Categories in Economics Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 19:44:46 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1241018603 3763 80.91.229.2 (29 Apr 2009 15:23:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:23:23 +0000 (UTC) To: categories@mta.ca Original-X-From: rrosebru@mta.ca Wed Jun 18 19:05:15 2003 -0300 Return-path: Envelope-to: categories-list@mta.ca Delivery-date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 19:05:15 -0300 Original-Received: from Majordom by mailserv.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.10) id 19Skyx-0003Tv-00 for categories-list@mta.ca; Wed, 18 Jun 2003 19:00:43 -0300 X-Authentication-Warning: harper.uchicago.edu: cefreer owned process doing -bs X-Sender: cefreer@harper.uchicago.edu In-Reply-To: Original-Sender: cat-dist@mta.ca Precedence: bulk X-Keywords: X-UID: 51 Original-Lines: 26 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:2360 Archived-At: > Dear Categorists, > > Can anyone supply me with references to uses of category theory and > related concepts/arguments in economic theory? > > Thanks, > > Tony Bryant > Head of Economics > MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY I have no idea what else is out there, but Sonnenschein once mentioned the following paper to me: An Axiomatic Characterization of the Price Mechanism Hugo Sonnenschein Econometrica, Vol. 42, No. 3. (May, 1974), pp. 425-434. As of three years ago, I think that he was unaware of any other category-theoretic economics papers. - Cameron