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A Genetic Algorithms Approach: Social Aggregation and Learning with Heterogeneous Agents

In: New Tools of Economic Dynamics

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  • Davide Fiaschi

    (University of Pisa)

  • Pier Mario Pacini

    (University of Pisa)

Abstract

Summary We analyze an economy in which increasing returns to scale incentivate social aggregation in a population of heterogeneous boundedly rational agents; however these incentives are limited by the presence of imperfect information on others’ actions. We show by simulations that the equilibrium coalitional structure strongly depends on agents’ initial beliefs and on the characteristics of the individual learning process that is modeled by means of genetic algorithms. The most efficient coalition structure is reached starting from a very limited set of initial beliefs. Furthermore we find that (a) the overall efficiency is an increasing function of agents’ computational abilities; (b) an increase in the speed of the learning process can have ambiguous effects; (c) imitation can play a role only when computational abilities are limited.

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  • Davide Fiaschi & Pier Mario Pacini, 2005. "A Genetic Algorithms Approach: Social Aggregation and Learning with Heterogeneous Agents," Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, in: Jacek Leskow & Lionello F. Punzo & Martín Puchet Anyul (ed.), New Tools of Economic Dynamics, chapter 3, pages 43-59, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:lnechp:978-3-540-28444-4_3
    DOI: 10.1007/3-540-28444-3_3
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