Real and financial crises in the Keynes-Kalecki structuralist model: An agent-based approach
Authored by Mark Setterfield, Bill Gibson
Date Published: 2018
DOI: 10.1111/meca.12201
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Abstract
Agent-based models are inherently microstructureswith their attention to
agent behavior in a field contextand only aggregate up to systems with
recognizable macroeconomic characteristics. One might ask why the
traditional Keynes-Kalecki or structuralist (KKS) model would bear any
relationship to the multi-agent modeling approach. This paper shows how
KKS models might benefit from agent-based microfoundations, without
sacrificing traditional macroeconomic themes, such as aggregate demand,
animal spirits and endogenous money. Above all, the integration of the
two approaches gives rise to the possibility that a KKS systemstable
over many consecutive time periodsmight lurch into an uncontrollable
downturn, from which a recovery would require outside intervention. As a
by-product of the integration of these two popular approaches, there
emerges a cogent analysis of the network structure necessary to bind
real and financial agents into an integrated whole. It is seen, contrary
to much of the existing literature, that a highly connected financial
system does not necessarily lead to more crashes of the integrated
system.
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