The US business cycle: Power law scaling for interacting units with complex internal structure

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 314, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 774-785

  Ormerod, Paul ^a  

^a Volterra Consulting Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Business cycle; Economic recessions; Power law scaling; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

POWER LAW SCALING;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 0036950040     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(02)01056-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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