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Statistical equilibrium in simple exchange games II. The redistribution game

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  • U. Garibaldi
  • E. Scalas
  • P. Viarengo

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We propose a simple stochastic exchange game mimicking taxation and redistribution. There are g agents and n coins; taxation is modeled by randomly extracting some coins; then, these coins are redistributed to agents following Polya's scheme. The individual wealth equilibrium distribution for the resulting Markov chain is the multivariate symmetric Polya distribution. In the continuum limit, the wealth distribution converges to a Gamma distribution, whose form factor is just the initial redistribution weight. The relationship between this taxation-and-redistribution scheme and other simple conservative stochastic exchange games (such as the BDY game) is discussed. Copyright EDP Sciences/Società Italiana di Fisica/Springer-Verlag 2007

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  • U. Garibaldi & E. Scalas & P. Viarengo, 2007. "Statistical equilibrium in simple exchange games II. The redistribution game," The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, Springer;EDP Sciences, vol. 60(2), pages 241-246, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:eurphb:v:60:y:2007:i:2:p:241-246
    DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2007-00338-5
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