Income distribution, credit and fiscal policies in an agent-based Keynesian model

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1598-1625

  Dosi, Giovanni ^a   Fagiolo, Giorgio ^a   Napoletano, Mauro ^a,b,c   Roventini, Andrea ^a,b,d  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b OFCE   (France)

^c SKEMA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agent based Keynesian models; Credit constraints; Fiscal and monetary policies; Income distribution; Multiple equilibria; Transmission mechanisms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879190021     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2012.11.008     Document Type: Article

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