ISBN: 3540422099
TITLE: Economics with Heterogeneous Interacting Agents
AUTHOR: A. Kirman, J.-B. Zimmermann
TOC:

Introduction
Alan Kirman, Jean-Benot Zimmermann 1
Part I : Social Networks 11
A Simple Model of Fads and Cascading Failures on Sparse Switching Networks
Duncan J. Watts 13
Self Organised Criticality in Economic and Social Networks - The Case of Innovation Diffusion
Alexandre Steyer, Jean-Benot Zimmermann 27
Social Percolators and Self Organized Criticality
Grard Weisbuch, Sorin Solomon, Dietrich Stauffer 43
Lock-out in Social Networks
Frdric Deroan 57
Cooperation, Adaptation and the Emergence of Leadership
Martin G. Zimmermann, Victor M. Eguiluz, Maxi San Miguel 73
Part II : From Micro to Macro Behaviours 87
Technology Diffusion, Stability and Decay : Some Results
J. Lizardo R. H. De Arajo 89
On Dynamic Re-Specifications of Kiyotaki-Wright Model
Masanao Aoki 109
Industrial Dynamics with Quasi-Zero Intelligence Interacting Firms
Roberto Leombruni, Domenico Delli Gatti, Mauro Gallegati 121
Part III : Finance 139
Stability of Pareto-Zipf Law in Non-stationary Economies
Sorin Solomon, Peter Richmond 141
Toy Models of Markets with Heterogeneous Interacting Agents
Matteo Marsili 161
Price Bubbles and the Long Run Profitability of a Trend Following Technical Trading Rule
David Goldbaum 183
Firms' Financial Heterogeneity and Business Cycles
Marco Gallegati 195
Part IV : Coalitions 215
Stable Coalition Structures with Fixed Decision Scheme
Guillaume Haeringer 217
Coalition Formation with Heterogeneous Agents
Davide Fiaschi, Pier Mario Pacini 231
Location Games with Externalities
Jacques Durieu, Philippe Solal, Sylvie Thoron 251
Part V : Interactions and Knowledge 265
"Simon says..." What? - Rationality of Imitation in a Simonian Perspective
Claire Charbit, Valrie Fernandez 267
Interacting Individuals and Organizations : a Case Study on Cooperations Between Firms and Research Laboratories
Michel Grossetti, Marie-Pierre Bs 287
Organisational Innovation, Communities of Practice and Epistemic Communities: the Case of Linux
Patrick Cohendet, Frederic Creplet, Olivier Dupout 303
Knowledge Creation, Knowledge Diffusion and Network Structure
Robin Cowan, Nicolas Jonard 327
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