This study quantifies the economic effect of a possible lockdown of Tokyo to prevent spread of COVID-19. The negative effect of the lockdown may propagate to other regions through supply chains because of shortage of supply and demand. Applying an agent-based model to the actual supply chains of...

Introduction to the volume by Alan Kirman -- Part I Finitary methods of statistical equilibrium -- 1.Enrico Scalas, University of Sussex, “Continuum and thermodynamic limits for a wealth -- distribution stylised model” -- 2. Doyn Farmer Oxford University, Mauro Galegatti, Corrado di Guilumi...

This paper presents a stock-flow-consistent agent-based model calibrated on Japanese data. The goal is to investigate the effects on the joint dynamics aggregate demand and price of the use by Japanese firms of secondary employees (temporary, part-time, or agency). Empirical evidence point to...