Growing Inequality, Financial Fragility, and Macroeconomic Dynamics: An Agent Based Model

被引:4
作者
Russo, Alberto [1 ]
Riccetti, Luca [2 ]
Gallegati, Mauro [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Politecn Marche, Ancona, Italy
[2] Univ Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
来源
ADVANCES IN SOCIAL SIMULATION | 2014年 / 229卷
关键词
agent-based macroeconomics; business cycle; crisis; consumption; inequality; CREDIT; RISK;
D O I
10.1007/978-3-642-39829-2_15
中图分类号
TP18 [人工智能理论];
学科分类号
081104 ; 0812 ; 0835 ; 1405 ;
摘要
Our aim is to analyse the interplay between growing inequality and financial fragility in a complex macroeconomic system. In order to do this, we propose a macroeconomic microfounded framework with heterogeneous agents in which households, firms, and banks interact according to decentralised matching processes. The main result is that growing inequality leads to more macroeconomic volatility, increasing the likelihood of observing large unemployment crises.
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页码:167 / 176
页数:10
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