Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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975175 | Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications | 2013 | 8 Pages |
We show, analytically and numerically, that wealth distribution in the Bouchaud–Mézard network model of the economy is described by a three-parameter generalized inverse gamma distribution. In the mean-field limit of a network with any two agents linked, it reduces to the inverse gamma distribution.
► We study a partially connected Bouchaud–Mézard network model. ► We formulate effective field theory of a partially connected network. ► In the stationary limit, wealth distribution is described by generalized inverse gamma function. ► In the mean field limit, generalized inverse gamma distribution reduces to inverse gamma distribution. ► Effective field theory describes a (random) small world network better than it describes the regular network.