1. Introduction : the poor craftsman and the wealthy inventor -- 2. Methods for an analysis of economic growth and network effects -- 3. A literature review : models of economic growth -- 4. Network economics -- 5. A complex model of growth, technological change and networks effects -- 6. Case...

We develop an agent-based simulation of the catastrophe insurance and reinsurance industry and use it to study the problem of risk model homogeneity. The model simulates the balance sheets of insurance firms, who collect premiums from clients in return for ensuring them against intermittent,...