Social networks and macroeconomic stability

Shu-Heng Chen, Chia-Ling Chang and Ming-Chang Wen

No 2013-4, Economics Discussion Papers from Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel)

Abstract: We construct an agent-based New Keynesian DSGE model with different social network structures to investigate the significance of network topologies to macroeconomic stability. According to our simulation results, we find that the more liquid the information flow, the higher the stability of the economy. Furthermore, the speed of information dissemination and the degree of clustering among agents may give rise to an adverse effect on economic stability. Finally, we find that the scale-free network will lead to the most dramatic economic fluctuations. The result is ascribed to the scale-free network's high centrality. It indicates that the opinion leaders may bring about a conglomerate effect that will cause fluctuations in the economy.

Keywords: New Keynesian DSGE models; macroeconomic stability; social networks; Information dissemination; herding effect; agent-based model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C63 D84 E12 E3 E32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cmp, nep-mac and nep-soc
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