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Equilibrium distributions and relaxation times in gaslike economic models: an analytical derivation
Xavier Calbet1, José-Luis López, Ricardo López-Ruiz
1BIFI, Universidad de Zaragoza, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain. xcalbet@googlemail.com
Abstract:
A step-by-step procedure to derive analytically the exact dynamical evolution equations of the probability density functions (PDFs) of well-known kinetic wealth exchange economic models is shown. This technique gives a dynamical insight into the evolution of the PDF, for example, allowing the calculation of its relaxation times. Their equilibrium PDFs can also be calculated by finding its stationary solutions. This gives as a result an integro-differential equation, which can be solved analytically in some cases and numerically in others. This should provide some guidance into the type of PDFs that can be derived from particular economic agent exchange rules or, for that matter, any other kinetic model of gases with particular collision physics.
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