Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5103435 Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 2017 11 Pages PDF
Abstract
Studying the underlying mechanisms of wealth inequality dynamics is essential for its understanding and for policy aiming to regulate its level. We apply a heterogeneous non-interacting agent-based modeling approach, solved using iterated maps to model the dynamics of wealth inequality based on 3 parameters-the economic output growth rate g, the capital value change rate a and the personal savings rate s and show that for ag, the wealth distribution constantly becomes more and more inegalitarian. We also show that when a
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