A new approach to business fluctuations: Heterogeneous interacting agents, scaling laws and financial fragility

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 56, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 489-512

  Gatti, Domenico Delli ^a   Di Guilmi, Corrado ^b   Gaffeo, Edoardo ^c   Giulioni, Gianfranco ^b   Gallegati, Mauro ^b   Palestrini, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Business fluctuations; Power law distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 18144380296     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2003.10.012     Document Type: Article

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