Agent-based Models for Economic Policy Design

Eastern Economic Journal - Tập 37 - Trang 44-50 - 2010
Herbert Dawid1, Michael Neugart2
1Department of Economics, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
2School of Economics and Management, Free University of Bozen, Bolzano, Italy

Tóm tắt

Agent-based simulation models are used by an increasing number of scholars as a tool for providing evaluations of economic policy measures and policy recommendations in complex environments. On the basis of recent work in this area we discuss the advantages of agent-based modeling for economic policy design and identify further needs to be addressed for strengthening this methodological approach as a basis for sound policy advice.

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