Buldygin, V. V.; Kozachenko, Yu. V. Metric characterization of random variables and random processes. Transl. from the Russian by V. Zaiats. (English) Zbl 0998.60503 Translations of Mathematical Monographs. 188. Providence, RI: AMS, American Mathematical Society. xii, 257 p. (2000). Publisher’s description: Rent, resources, and technologies are three crucial issues to the understanding of history and economics. The scarcity of resources, its interplay with technology, and the role of rent in explaining both economic growth and income distribution are investigated by adopting a multi-sectoral and non-proportional model, where scarce resources impose several scale constraints that may slow growth, but may contribute to further development of new technologies. In this dynamic framework the category of rent acquires new dimensions with far-reaching implications for both the system of prices and the distribution of income. The analytical and formal-theoretical perspective of this book could be used as a basis for future historical and quantitative studies. Cited in 18 ReviewsCited in 102 Documents MSC: 60G07 General theory of stochastic processes 60-01 Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to probability theory 60G17 Sample path properties Citations:Zbl 0933.60031 PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{V. V. Buldygin} and \textit{Yu. V. Kozachenko}, Metric characterization of random variables and random processes. Transl. from the Russian by V. Zaiats. Providence, RI: AMS, American Mathematical Society (2000; Zbl 0998.60503)