Working Paper n°2017-07 – Stabilizing an Unstable Complex Economy – On the limitations of simple rules

Auteurs

Isabelle Salle, Utrecht School of Economics, Utrecht University, NL
i.l.salle@uu.nl

Pascal Seppecher, CEPN, UMR-CNRS 7234, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité
pascal.seppecher@univ-paris13.fr

Abstract

This paper analyzes a range of alternative specifications of the interest rate policy rule within a macroeconomic, stock-flow consistent, agent-based model. In this model, firms’ leverage strategies evolve under the selection pressure of market competition. The resulting process of collective adaptation generates endogenous booms and busts along credit cycles. …[Lire la suite]