Agent based model of a simple economy

Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination - Tập 7 - Trang 209-221 - 2012
Vladimír Gazda1, Marek Gróf1, Július Horváth2, Matúš Kubák1, Tomáš Rosival1
1Faculty of Economics, Technical University of Košice, Kosice, Slovakia
2Department of Economics, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

Tóm tắt

This article proposes a model of a simple economy based on a set of agent-based modeling principles. The model is based on the “trust game” formulated by Berg et al. (Games Econ Behav 10:122–142, 1995), and anticipates a random matching of partners taking in to account adaptive agent behavior. Simulation in the NetLogo programming environment, using profile distributions obtained from empirical studies, has shown the most successful agents to posses low parameters of trust in the role of Sender and high parameters of trustworthiness in the role of Receiver.

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