On Agents and Equilibria
General Finance
2013-11-05 v1 Probability
Abstract
This essay discusses the advantages of a probabilistic agent-based approach to questions in theoretical economics, from the nature of economic agents, to the nature of the equilibria supported by their interactions. One idea we propose is that "agents" are meta-individual, hierarchically structured objects, that include as irreducible components groupings of different dimensions. We also explore the effects of non-ergodicity, by constructing a simple stochastic model for the contingent nature of economic interactions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1311.0414,
title = {On Agents and Equilibria},
author = {Ted Theodosopoulos},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.0414},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
6 pages, essay inspired by discussions at the 18th Annual Workshop on Economic Science with Heterogeneous Interacting Agents in Reykjavik