Modeling macroeconomies as open-ended dynamic systems of interacting agents

American Economic Review

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 246-250

  LeBaron, Blake ^a   Tesfatsion, Leigh ^b  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 44949138245     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.2.246     Document Type: Conference Paper

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