Financial Interactions and Collective States: Part I. Investors and Firms

Pierre Gosselin () and Aïleen Lotz
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Pierre Gosselin: IF - Institut Fourier - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes

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Abstract: In a previous work, we applied a field formalism to analyze capital allocation and accumulation within a network of investors and firms. In that framework, financial agents could invest in firms or in other investors, and banks--introduced as investors with a credit multiplier--could play a stabilizing or destabilizing role. Collective states emerged from these interactions, reflecting different configurations of capital distribution and stability in the financial system. However, these results relied on the assumption that financial connections were exogenous. The present paper removes this assumption by modeling financial connections as dynamic endogenous variables. Specifically, we extend the framework by introducing a field representation of the network of financial connections. The collective states previously identified are now embedded in a broader class of states, characterized by the structure of investment stakes among investors. We show that these collective states consist of inter-connected groups of agents, along with their returns and disposable capital. The model reveals the emergence of two investor classes: high- and low-return (and capital) agents. High-return investors, in particular, act as a source of instability within the system, enabling transitions between configurations. In each collective state, some sectors may experience defaults. When the collective state exhibits specific structural conditions, defaults may spread across a significant share of the group.

Keywords: Background fields; Financial Markets Real Economy Capital Allocation Statistical Field Theory Background fields Collective states Multi-Agent Model Interactions. JEL Classification: B40 C02 C60 E00 E1 G10; Financial Markets; G10; E1; E00; C60; Real Economy; JEL Classification: B40; Interactions; Multi-Agent Model; Statistical Field Theory; Capital Allocation; Interactions. JEL Classification: B40; JEL Classification: C02; Collective states (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-09-06
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