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Financial Fragility, Industrial Dynamics, And Business Fluctuations In An Agent-Based Model

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  • GATTI, DOMENICO DELLI
  • DI GUILMI, CORRADO
  • GALLEGATI, MAURO
  • GIULIONI, GIANFRANCO

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In this paper we present and discuss a simple financial accelerator agent-based model, whose conceptual core is the interaction of heterogeneous firms and the banking system. Its simplicity notwithstanding, the model is able to replicate through simulations a large number of stylized facts concerning the shape and evolution over time of the distribution of firms' sizes, growth rates, profits, and “bad debt.”

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  • Gatti, Domenico Delli & Di Guilmi, Corrado & Gallegati, Mauro & Giulioni, Gianfranco, 2007. "Financial Fragility, Industrial Dynamics, And Business Fluctuations In An Agent-Based Model," Macroeconomic Dynamics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 11(S1), pages 62-79, November.
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