Distribution of wealth in a network model of the economy

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 392, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2434-2441

  Ma, Tao ^a   Holden, John G ^a   Serota, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective field theory; Fokker Planck equation; Generalized inverse gamma distribution; Mean field theory; Network model; Pareto; Power law tail; Small world network; Wealth distribution

Indexed keywords

MEAN FIELD THEORY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SMALL-WORLD NETWORKS;

EFFECTIVE FIELD THEORY; GENERALIZED INVERSE; NETWORK MODELING; PARETO; POWER-LAW TAIL; WEALTH DISTRIBUTIONS;

FOKKER PLANCK EQUATION;

EID: 84875211338     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2013.01.045     Document Type: Article

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