The mechanism underlying banks' interest rate setting behaviour is an important element in the study of economic systems with important policy implications associated with the potential of monetary and -recently- macroprudential policies to affect the real economy. In the agent-based modelling...

The issue of income inequality occupies a prominent position in the research agenda of academic and policy circles alike, especially after the crisis of 2008, due to its potential causal link with the development of credit bubbles and therefore the emergence of financial crises. This paper...

This paper examines the role of corporate balance sheet positions in determining Slovenian firms' investment behaviour. The analysis is based on the theoretical framework of the financial accelerator which suggests that firms' financial positions influence their real behaviour. The underlying...