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  • Agent-based modeling
  • Economic complexity
  • Computational social science

Background:

  • Understanding wealth distribution dynamics is crucial for socioeconomic stability.
  • Existing models often fail to capture the complex interplay of factors driving wealth inequality.
  • The impact of different taxation strategies on wealth concentration requires further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a novel agent-based model for simulating wealth distribution.
  • To investigate the role of information and trade advantage in wealth accumulation.
  • To evaluate the effectiveness of different taxation schemes in mitigating wealth concentration.

Main Methods:

  • Development of an agent-based model incorporating wealth, information, and trade dynamics.
  • Simulation of wealth distribution under various scenarios and two distinct taxation policies (wealth-based and income-based).
  • Analysis of wealth distribution evolution, equilibrium states, and the impact of fiscal interventions.

Main Results:

  • The model successfully reproduces qualitative features of real-world wealth distributions and their temporal evolution.
  • Scenarios consistently show a trend towards extreme wealth concentration.
  • Wealth-based taxation effectively counteracts extreme wealth concentration, whereas income taxation alone does not.

Conclusions:

  • Agent-based modeling provides a powerful tool for understanding complex economic phenomena like wealth distribution.
  • Wealth concentration is a natural outcome of agent interactions and trade advantages in the model.
  • Targeted wealth-based taxation is essential for preventing extreme wealth inequality, unlike income-based taxation.