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Is It Possible to Visualise Any Stock Flow Consistent Model as a Directed Acyclic Graph?

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  • Peter G. Fennell

    (University of Limerick)

  • David J. P. O’Sullivan

    (University of Limerick)

  • Antoine Godin

    (University of Limerick)

  • Stephen Kinsella

    (University of Limerick)

Abstract

Yes it is. We rigorously demonstrate the equivalence of any stock flow consistent (SFC) model to a directed acyclic graph (DAG) using condensation graphs. The equivalence between stock flow models and DAGs is useful both for visualising large-scale macroeconomic models of this type and for inferring causality within these models. We developed a new package to build and simulate any SFC model and generate the corresponding DAGs, and we provide an example of this package using a well known model from the literature.

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  • Peter G. Fennell & David J. P. O’Sullivan & Antoine Godin & Stephen Kinsella, 2016. "Is It Possible to Visualise Any Stock Flow Consistent Model as a Directed Acyclic Graph?," Computational Economics, Springer;Society for Computational Economics, vol. 48(2), pages 307-316, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:compec:v:48:y:2016:i:2:d:10.1007_s10614-015-9521-8
    DOI: 10.1007/s10614-015-9521-8
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    Stock flow consistent models; Directed graphs; Macroeconomic modeling;
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    • E01 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General - - - Measurement and Data on National Income and Product Accounts and Wealth; Environmental Accounts
    • E12 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models - - - Keynes; Keynesian; Post-Keynesian; Modern Monetary Theory
    • E17 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models - - - Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications

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