More is different... and complex! the case for agent-based macroeconomics

G Dosi, A Roventini - Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2019 - Springer
This work nests the Agent-Based macroeconomic perspective into the earlier history of
macroeconomics. We discuss how the discipline in the 70's took a perverse path relying on …

Validation of agent-based models in economics and finance

G Fagiolo, M Guerini, F Lamperti, A Moneta… - Computer simulation …, 2019 - Springer
Since the survey by Windrum et al.(Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation 10: 8,
2007), research on empirical validation of agent-based models in economics has made …

Expectation formation in finance and macroeconomics: A review of new experimental evidence

T Bao, C Hommes, J Pei - Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the recent development and new findings of the literature on learning-to-
forecast experiments (LtFEs). In general, the stylized finding in the typical LtFEs, namely the …

Taking stock: A rigorous modelling of animal spirits in macroeconomics

R Franke, F Westerhoff - Analytical political economy, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This paper is a survey of the burgeoning literature that seeks to take the enigmatic concept
of the animal spirits more seriously by building heterodox macro‐dynamic models that can …

The impact of ETFs in secondary asset markets: Experimental evidence

J Duffy, JP Rabanal, OA Rud - Journal of Economic Behavior & …, 2021 - Elsevier
We examine how exchange traded funds (ETFs) affect asset pricing, and turnover in a
laboratory asset market. We focus on behavior in secondary markets with or without ETF …

Heterogeneous speculators and stock market dynamics: a simple agent-based computational model

N Schmitt, I Schwartz, F Westerhoff - The European Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
We propose a simple agent-based computational model in which speculators' trading
behavior may cause bubbles and crashes, excess volatility, serially uncorrelated returns, fat …

Estimation of heuristic switching in behavioral macroeconomic models

J Kukacka, S Sacht - Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper addresses the issue of empirical validation of macroeconomic models with
behavioral heuristics and a nonlinear switching mechanism. Heuristic switching is an …

Fee structure and mutual fund choice: An experiment

M Anufriev, T Bao, A Sutan, J Tuinstra - Journal of Economic Behavior & …, 2019 - Elsevier
We present a laboratory experiment designed to investigate the effect of the fee structure on
mutual fund choice. We find that subjects tend to ignore periodic and small operating …

Predicting the unpredictable: New experimental evidence on forecasting random walks

T Bao, B Corgnet, N Hanaki, YE Riyanto… - Journal of Economic …, 2023 - Elsevier
We investigate how individuals use measures of apparent predictability from price charts to
predict future market prices. Subjects in our experiment predict both random walk times …

A laboratory experiment on the heuristic switching model

M Anufriev, A Chernulich, J Tuinstra - Journal of Economic Dynamics and …, 2018 - Elsevier
We present results from the first laboratory experiment on the seminal heuristic switching
model introduced by Brock and Hommes (1997, 1998). Subjects choose between two …