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Introduction to the Series |
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Introduction to the Handbook of Computational Economics, Volume 4, Heterogeneous Agent Modeling |
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Chapter 1 Heterogeneous Expectations and Micro-Foundations in Macroeconomics |
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2 Expectations Operators and Bounded Rationality |
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2.1 Expectations Operators |
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2.2 The Economic Environment |
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2.4 Aggregating Household Decision Rules |
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3 Equilibria with Heterogeneous Expectations |
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3.1 Extrinsic Heterogeneity |
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3.2 Rationally Heterogeneous Expectations |
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3.3 Intrinsic Heterogeneity |
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4 Asset-Pricing Applications |
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4.1 Regime-Switching Returns |
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4.2 Bubbles with Rationally Heterogeneous Expectations |
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4.3 Restricted Perceptions and Endogenous Fluctuations |
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33 | (4) |
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37 | (1) |
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5.1 A Monetary Search Model with Heterogeneous Expectations |
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5.2 Heterogeneous Beliefs and Bargaining |
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5.3 Equilibrium with Heterogeneous Beliefs |
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41 | (1) |
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5.4 Uncertainty and Welfare |
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44 | (1) |
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6.1 Rationally Heterogeneous Expectations and Monetary Policy Rules |
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45 | (4) |
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6.2 Intrinsic Heterogeneity and Monetary Policy Rules |
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49 | (4) |
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6.3 Heterogeneous Expectations and Liquidity Traps |
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6.4 Heterogeneity and Business Cycles Amplification |
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55 | (2) |
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57 | (1) |
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58 | (5) |
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Chapter 2 Agent-Based Macroeconomics |
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1.1 Complexity and Macroeconomics |
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1.2 The Agent-Based Approach to Macroeconomic Modeling |
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68 | (1) |
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1.3 Behavior, Expectations, and Interaction Protocols |
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1.4 Outline of the Chapter |
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2 Design of Agent-Based Macroeconomic Models |
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71 | (44) |
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2.2 A Map of this Section |
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74 | (2) |
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76 | (12) |
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88 | (22) |
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110 | (5) |
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3 Comparison of Existing Agent-Based Macroeconomic Models |
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115 | (5) |
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120 | (16) |
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121 | (4) |
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125 | (3) |
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4.3 Financial Regulation and Crisis Resolution Mechanisms |
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128 | (3) |
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131 | (2) |
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4.5 Regional Growth, Convergence, and Cohesion Policy |
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133 | (2) |
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4.6 Taking Stock: What Is the Potential of Agent-Based Macroeconomics for Policy Analysis? |
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5 Conclusions and Outlook |
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136 | (21) |
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Appendix A Summary of Selected Agent-Based Macroeconomic Models |
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137 | (10) |
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Appendix B List of Symbols |
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147 | (2) |
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149 | (8) |
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Chapter 3 Endogenous Firm Dynamics and Labor Flows via Heterogeneous Agents |
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157 | (58) |
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158 | (3) |
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2 Dynamics of Team Production |
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161 | (11) |
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2.1 Equilibrium of the Team Production Game |
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162 | (6) |
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2.2 Stability of Nash Equilibrium, Dependence on Team Size |
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168 | (4) |
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3 From One Team to Six Million Firms, Computationally |
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172 | (20) |
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3.1 Set-up of the Computational Model Using Agents |
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173 | (2) |
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3.2 A Typical Realization of the Model: Agents Form Firms |
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3.3 An Aggregate Steady-State Emerges: Properties |
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178 | (2) |
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3.4 The Steady-State Population of Firms: Sizes, Productivities, Ages, Survival Rates, Lifetimes, and Growth Rates |
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180 | (9) |
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3.5 The Steady-State Population of Agents: Wages Earned, Job Tenure, and Employment as a Function of Firm Size and Age |
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189 | (2) |
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3.6 Steady-State Job-to-Job Flows: The Labor Flow Network |
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191 | (1) |
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3.7 Steady-State Agent Welfare |
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191 | (1) |
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4 Model Variations: Sensitivity and Robustness |
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192 | (3) |
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5 Summary and Conclusions |
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5.1 Emergence of Firms, Out of Microeconomic Equilibrium |
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198 | (1) |
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5.2 From Theories of the Firm to a Theory of Firms |
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199 | (2) |
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5.3 Economics of Computation and Computational Economics |
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201 | (1) |
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Appendix A Generalized Preference Specifications |
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202 | (1) |
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Appendix B Generalized Compensation and Nash Stability |
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202 | (2) |
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Appendix C Sensitivity to `Sticky' Effort Adjustment |
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204 | (1) |
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Appendix D Extension: Stabilizing Effect of Agent Loyalty |
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205 | (1) |
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Appendix E Extension: Hiring |
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205 | (1) |
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Appendix F Extension: Effort Monitoring and Worker Termination |
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206 | (1) |
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207 | (8) |
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Chapter 4 Heterogeneous Agents in the Macroeconomy: Reduced-Heterogeneity Representations |
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215 | (42) |
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216 | (2) |
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2 The Economic Problem and Notations |
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218 | (3) |
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218 | (2) |
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2.2 Equilibrium Definition and Intuition to Reduce the State Space |
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220 | (1) |
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221 | (5) |
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3.1 No-Trade Equilibria with Transitory Shocks |
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221 | (3) |
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3.2 Preserving Time-Varying Precautionary Saving in the Linear Model |
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224 | (2) |
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3.3 No-Trade Equilibrium with Permanent Shocks |
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226 | (1) |
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4 Small-Heterogeneity Models |
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226 | (14) |
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4.1 Models Based on Assumptions About Labor Supply |
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226 | (6) |
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4.2 Models Based on Linearity in the Period Utility Function |
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232 | (3) |
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4.3 Models Based on a "Family" Assumption |
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235 | (4) |
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4.4 Assessment of Small-Heterogeneity Models |
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239 | (1) |
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5 Truncated-History Models |
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240 | (8) |
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241 | (1) |
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5.2 Equilibrium Structure |
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242 | (1) |
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5.3 Equations of the Model |
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243 | (1) |
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5.4 Algorithm for the Steady State |
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244 | (1) |
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245 | (1) |
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5.6 Choosing the Preference Shifters ξeN |
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245 | (1) |
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246 | (2) |
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248 | (1) |
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7 Comparison with Other Approach Using Perturbation Methods |
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249 | (1) |
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8 Heterogeneous Expectations |
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250 | (1) |
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251 | (6) |
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251 | (6) |
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Chapter 5 Heterogeneous Agent Models in Finance |
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257 | (72) |
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258 | (5) |
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2 HAMs of Single Asset Market in Discrete-Time |
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263 | (13) |
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2.1 Market Mood and Adaptive Behavior |
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264 | (2) |
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2.2 Volatility Clustering: Calibration and Mechanisms |
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266 | (4) |
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2.3 Information Uncertainty and Trading Heterogeneity |
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270 | (4) |
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2.4 Switching of Agents, Fund Flows, and Leverage |
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274 | (2) |
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3 HAMs of Single Asset Market in Continuous-Time |
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276 | (11) |
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3.1 A Continuous-Time HAM with Time Delay |
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277 | (3) |
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3.2 Profitability of Momentum and Contrarian Strategies |
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280 | (5) |
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3.3 Optimal Trading with Time Series Momentum and Reversal |
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285 | (2) |
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4 HAMs of Multi-Asset Markets and Financial Market Interlinkages |
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287 | (14) |
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4.1 Stock Market Comovement and Policy Implications |
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287 | (2) |
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4.2 Heterogeneous Beliefs and Evolutionary CAPM |
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289 | (7) |
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4.3 Interacting Stock Market and Foreign Exchange Market |
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296 | (5) |
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5 HAMs and House Price Dynamics |
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301 | (12) |
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5.1 An Equilibrium Framework with Heterogeneous Investors |
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302 | (8) |
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5.2 Disequilibrium Price Adjustments |
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310 | (3) |
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6 HAMs and Market Microstructure |
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313 | (4) |
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6.1 Stylized Facts in Limit Order Markets |
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314 | (2) |
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6.2 Information and Learning in Limit Order Market |
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316 | (1) |
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6.3 High Frequency Trading |
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316 | (1) |
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6.4 HAMs and Microstructure Regulation |
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317 | (1) |
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7 Conclusion and Future Research |
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317 | (12) |
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320 | (9) |
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Chapter 6 Models of Financial Stability and Their Application in Stress Tests |
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329 | (64) |
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330 | (4) |
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2 Two Approaches to Modeling Systemic Risk |
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334 | (1) |
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3 A View of the Financial System |
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335 | (4) |
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3.1 Balance Sheet Composition |
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336 | (1) |
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3.2 Balance Sheet Dynamics |
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337 | (2) |
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4 Leverage and Endogenous Dynamics in a Financial System |
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339 | (8) |
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4.1 Leverage and Balance Sheet Mechanics |
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339 | (1) |
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4.2 Leverage Constraints and Margin Calls |
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339 | (3) |
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4.3 Procyclical Leverage and Leverage Cycles |
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342 | (5) |
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5 Contagion in Financial Networks |
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347 | (10) |
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5.1 Financial Linkages and Channels of Contagion |
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347 | (3) |
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5.2 Counterparty Loss Contagion |
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350 | (3) |
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5.3 Overlapping Portfolio Contagion |
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353 | (3) |
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5.4 Funding Liquidity Contagion |
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356 | (1) |
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5.5 Interaction of Contagion Channels |
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356 | (1) |
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6 From Models to Policy: Stress Tests |
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357 | (3) |
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6.1 What Are Stress Tests? |
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357 | (1) |
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6.2 A Brief History of Stress Tests |
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358 | (2) |
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7 Microprudential Stress Tests |
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360 | (7) |
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7.1 Microprudential Stress Tests of Banks |
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360 | (1) |
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7.2 Microprudential Stress Test of Non-Banks |
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361 | (4) |
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7.3 Strengths and Weaknesses of Current Microprudential Stress Tests |
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365 | (2) |
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8 Macroprudential Stress Tests |
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367 | (15) |
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8.1 Three Macroprudential Stress Tests |
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368 | (4) |
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8.2 Comparing and Evaluating Macroprudential Stress Tests: Five Building Blocks |
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372 | (6) |
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8.3 The Calibration Challenge |
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378 | (2) |
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8.4 Strengths and Weaknesses of the Current Macroprudential Stress Tests |
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380 | (2) |
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9 The Future of System-Wide Stress Tests |
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382 | (3) |
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385 | (8) |
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385 | (8) |
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Chapter 7 Agent-Based Models for Market Impact and Volatility |
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393 | (44) |
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394 | (2) |
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2 The Statistics of Price Changes: A Short Overview |
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396 | (5) |
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2.1 Bachelier's First Law |
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396 | (1) |
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396 | (1) |
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397 | (1) |
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2.4 Volatility Signature Plots for Real Price Series |
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397 | (1) |
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398 | (1) |
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2.6 Volatility Clustering |
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399 | (1) |
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399 | (1) |
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2.8 Long Memory in the Order Flow |
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400 | (1) |
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400 | (1) |
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3 The Square-Root Impact Law |
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401 | (4) |
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401 | (1) |
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402 | (1) |
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3.3 A Very Surprising Law |
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402 | (2) |
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404 | (1) |
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4 The Santa-Fe "Zero-Intelligence" Model |
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405 | (7) |
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405 | (1) |
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406 | (2) |
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408 | (4) |
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5 An Improved Model for the Dynamics of Liquidity |
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412 | (5) |
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412 | (2) |
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5.2 Super-Diffusion vs. Sub-Diffusion |
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414 | (1) |
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5.3 The Concave Impact of Meta-Orders |
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415 | (2) |
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6 Walrasian Auctions and the Square-Root Law |
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417 | (9) |
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6.1 A Dynamic Theory for Supply and Demand |
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417 | (4) |
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421 | (2) |
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6.3 High Frequency Auctions |
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423 | (2) |
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6.4 From Linear to Square-Root Impact |
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425 | (1) |
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6.5 Summary and Conclusions |
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426 | (1) |
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7 The Information Content of Prices |
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426 | (5) |
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7.1 The Efficient Market View |
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427 | (1) |
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7.2 Order-Flow Driven Prices |
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428 | (3) |
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8 Conclusions and Open Problems |
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431 | (6) |
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432 | (1) |
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432 | (5) |
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Chapter 8 Empirical Validation of Agent-Based Models |
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437 | (54) |
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438 | (3) |
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2 Estimation of Agent-Based Models in Other Fields |
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441 | (4) |
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441 | (2) |
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443 | (1) |
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444 | (1) |
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445 | (10) |
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3.1 Choice of Dependent Variable |
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446 | (2) |
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448 | (2) |
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450 | (3) |
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3.4 Fundamental Value Estimate |
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453 | (2) |
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455 | (19) |
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455 | (2) |
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4.2 Moment-Based Estimators |
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457 | (5) |
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4.3 Agent-Based Models as Latent Variable Models and Related Estimators |
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462 | (12) |
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5 Applications of Agent-Based Models |
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474 | (6) |
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5.1 Micro-Level Applications |
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475 | (1) |
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5.2 Market-Level Applications |
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476 | (2) |
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5.3 Applications in Macroeconomics |
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478 | (2) |
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480 | (11) |
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482 | (9) |
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Chapter 9 Heterogeneous Agent Modeling: Experimental Evidence |
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491 | (50) |
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491 | (3) |
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2 Heterogeneity and Bounded Rationality in Decision Making |
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494 | (22) |
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2.1 Group Decisions on Provision of a Public Good |
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494 | (6) |
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2.2 Intertemporal Optimization |
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500 | (4) |
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2.3 Expectation Formation |
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504 | (9) |
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2.4 Learning to Forecast vs. Learning to Optimize Experimental Designs |
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513 | (2) |
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2.5 Adaptive Versus Eductive Learning |
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515 | (1) |
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3 Heterogeneity and Monetary Policy |
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516 | (10) |
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3.1 New Keynesian Experiments |
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517 | (6) |
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3.2 New Keynesian Experiments at the Zero Lower Bound |
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523 | (3) |
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4 Heterogeneity in Equilibrium Selection |
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526 | (9) |
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527 | (4) |
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4.2 Adoption of a New Payment System |
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531 | (4) |
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535 | (6) |
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536 | (5) |
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Chapter 10 Levels of Reasoning in Keynesian Beauty Contests: A Generative Framework |
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541 | (96) |
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543 | (4) |
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2 An Overview of Experimental Economics |
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547 | (15) |
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2.1 Experimental Economics Areas with Archetypal Games and Markets |
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547 | (10) |
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2.2 New Questions and Areas Since the Late 90s |
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557 | (2) |
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2.3 Boundedly Rational Models |
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559 | (3) |
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3 The Keynesian Beauty Contest: A Generative Framework for Archetypal Games in Economics |
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562 | (20) |
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3.1 The Beauty Contest as a Canonical Formulation |
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563 | (4) |
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3.2 Continuous Strategy Space |
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567 | (6) |
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3.3 Discrete Strategy Space and Multiplicity |
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573 | (6) |
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579 | (3) |
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4 Behavioral Regularities in BC-Experiments and Level-k |
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582 | (30) |
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4.1 The Basic BC Experiment |
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583 | (12) |
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4.2 De-Framing the Rules to (De-)Anchor Beliefs |
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595 | (8) |
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4.3 Multiple Equilibria (BC Game with b = 1) |
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603 | (6) |
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4.4 Auction in the Laboratory and the Field |
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609 | (1) |
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4.5 Other Games with Discrete Strategy Spaces |
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610 | (2) |
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612 | (8) |
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5.1 Strategy (Vector) Method |
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613 | (2) |
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615 | (1) |
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5.3 Mouselab, Eye-Tracking |
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616 | (1) |
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5.4 Continuous Time Decision-Making |
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616 | (1) |
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5.5 Written Comments, Chats, and Other Communication Tools, Team Decisions |
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616 | (1) |
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617 | (1) |
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5.7 Personal Characteristics and Training |
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617 | (1) |
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618 | (2) |
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620 | (17) |
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623 | (14) |
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Chapter 11 Empirical Analyses of Networks in Finance |
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637 | (50) |
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638 | (2) |
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2 A Brief Historical Perspective About the Use of Network Science in Economics and Finance |
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640 | (1) |
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3 Network Approaches to Financial Stability: The Interbank Market |
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641 | (16) |
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3.1 Interbank Networks Connectivity and Contagion: Theoretical Contributions |
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642 | (3) |
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3.2 The Structure of National Interbank Networks |
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645 | (2) |
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647 | (1) |
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3.4 Financial Regulations and Network Control |
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648 | (3) |
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3.5 Stress-Test Scenario Analysis |
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651 | (1) |
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3.6 Network Reconstruction |
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651 | (3) |
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3.7 Econometrics Systemic Risk Measures |
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654 | (1) |
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3.8 Location Advantages in Interbank Networks |
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654 | (3) |
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4 Networks and Information Filtering |
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657 | (9) |
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4.1 Proximity Based Networks |
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657 | (4) |
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661 | (2) |
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4.3 Statistically Validated Networks |
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663 | (3) |
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5 Indirect Channels of Contagion |
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666 | (3) |
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5.1 Overlapping Portfolios and Feedback Effects |
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666 | (2) |
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5.2 Financial Sector and the Real Economy |
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668 | (1) |
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669 | (18) |
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671 | (1) |
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Appendix A Basic Concepts in Network Science |
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671 | (4) |
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Appendix B Econometrics Systemic Risk Measure |
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675 | (1) |
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676 | (11) |
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Chapter 12 Heterogeneity and Networks |
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687 | (28) |
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1 Introduction and Overview |
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687 | (1) |
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688 | (3) |
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3 The Theory of Network Formation |
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691 | (2) |
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4 Networks and Individual Behavior |
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693 | (9) |
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693 | (3) |
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696 | (6) |
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5 Combining Actions and Link Formation |
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702 | (8) |
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703 | (3) |
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5.2 Intermediation Rents and Network Formation |
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706 | (4) |
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710 | (1) |
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710 | (5) |
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711 | (4) |
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PART 5 OTHER APPLICATIONS |
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Chapter 13 Electric Power Markets in Transition: Agent-Based Modeling Tools for Transactive Energy Support |
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715 | (54) |
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716 | (7) |
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1.1 Background Motivation |
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716 | (5) |
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721 | (2) |
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2 Agent-Based Computational Economics: Overview |
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723 | (10) |
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2.1 ACE Modeling Principles |
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723 | (5) |
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2.2 ACE Objectives and Scope |
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728 | (1) |
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2.3 Enabling Comprehensive Empirical Validation |
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729 | (2) |
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2.4 Avoiding Premature Jumps to Policy Implementation |
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731 | (1) |
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2.5 Towards Standardized Presentation Protocols for ACE Policy Models |
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732 | (1) |
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3 Early ACE Research on Electric Power Systems |
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733 | (2) |
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4 Transactive Energy Systems Research: Overview |
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735 | (2) |
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5 ACE Support for TES Research on Demand Response |
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737 | (18) |
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737 | (4) |
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5.2 ACE Demand Response Study Undertaken with the IRW Test Bed |
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741 | (8) |
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5.3 PowerMatcher: A TES Architecture for Distribution Systems |
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749 | (6) |
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6 ACE Support for TES Research on Contract Design |
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755 | (6) |
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755 | (1) |
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6.2 ACE Support for TES Contract Design: Illustrative Example |
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756 | (5) |
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761 | (8) |
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761 | (1) |
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761 | (8) |
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PART 6 PERSPECTIVES ON HETEROGENEITY |
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Chapter 14 Modeling a Heterogeneous World |
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769 | (28) |
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1 Heterogeneity and Standard Economics |
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771 | (3) |
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2 Heterogeneity in Microeconomics: Fish Markets |
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774 | (10) |
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3 Heterogeneity in Financial Markets: The Implications of a Volatility Shock |
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784 | (3) |
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3.1 The Interaction of Heterogeneous Agents: Market Volatility Shocks |
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786 | (1) |
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4 Heterogeneity in the Macro-Financial System |
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787 | (4) |
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4.1 The Interaction of Heterogeneous Agents: A Case Study of Bear Stearns |
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790 | (1) |
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791 | (6) |
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793 | (4) |
Index |
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797 | |