Emergent Macroeconomics An Agent-Based Approach to Business Fluctuations

This book contributes substantively to the current state-of-the-art of macroeconomics by providing a method for building models in which business cycles and economic growth emerge from the interactions of a large number of heterogeneous agents. Drawing from recent advances in agent-based computation...

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Main Authors: Gatti, Domenico, Gaffeo, Edoardo (Author), Gallegati, Mauro (Author), Giulioni, Gianfranco (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Milano Springer Milan 2008, 2008
Edition:1st ed. 2008
Series:New Economic Windows
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This book contributes substantively to the current state-of-the-art of macroeconomics by providing a method for building models in which business cycles and economic growth emerge from the interactions of a large number of heterogeneous agents. Drawing from recent advances in agent-based computational modeling, the authors show how insights from dispersed fields like the microeconomics of capital market imperfections, industrial dynamics and the theory of stochastic processes can be fruitfully combined to improve our understanding of macroeconomic dynamics. This book should be a valuable resource for all researchers interested in analyzing macroeconomic issues without recurring to a fictitious representative agent
Physical Description:XII, 114 p online resource
ISBN:9788847007253