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A Short Walk on the Wild Side: Agent-Based Models and their Implications for Macroeconomic Analysis

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  • Mauro Napoletano

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This article discusses recent advances in agent-based modelling applied to macroeconomic analysis. I first introduce the building blocks of agent-based models. Furthermore, by relying on examples taken from recent works, I argue that that agent-based models may provide complementary or new lights with respect to more standard models on key macroeconomic issues like endogenous business cycles, the interactions between business cycles and long-run growth, and the role of price vs. quantity adjustments in the return to full employment. Finally, I discuss some limits of agent-based models and how they are currently addressed in the literature.

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  • Mauro Napoletano, 2018. "A Short Walk on the Wild Side: Agent-Based Models and their Implications for Macroeconomic Analysis," Revue de l'OFCE, Presses de Sciences-Po, vol. 0(3), pages 257-281.
    • Handle: RePEc:cai:reofsp:reof_157_0257
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    1. Sylvain Mignot & Annick Vignes, 2020. "The Many Faces of Agent-Based Computational Economics: Ecology of Agents, Bottom-Up Approaches and Paradigm Shift [Les modèles multi-agents en économie, entre agents hétérogènes, approches bottom-u," Post-Print hal-02956172, HAL.
    2. Cars Hommes & Mario He & Sebastian Poledna & Melissa Siqueira & Yang Zhang, 2022. "CANVAS: A Canadian Behavioral Agent-Based Model," Staff Working Papers 22-51, Bank of Canada.
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    4. Hommes, Cars & He, Mario & Poledna, Sebastian & Siqueira, Melissa & Zhang, Yang, 2025. "CANVAS: A Canadian behavioral agent-based model for monetary policy," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 172(C).
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    7. Martina Neuländtner & Thomas Scherngell & Xielin Liu & Xiaohui Ji & Xuechen Ding & Manfred Paier, 2025. "Dynamics of regional knowledge creation and inter-city R&D collaboration in China: evidence from an empirical agent-based simulation model," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 74(3), pages 1-45, September.
    8. Benjamin Patrick Evans & Sihan Zeng & Sumitra Ganesh & Leo Ardon, 2025. "ADAGE: A generic two-layer framework for adaptive agent based modelling," Papers 2501.09429, arXiv.org.

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    JEL classification:

    • B41 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology - - - Economic Methodology
    • B50 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - General
    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy

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