Aggregation in economics produces different outcomes than analyzing a representative agent.

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Economic aggregation with heterogeneous agents frequently produces different macroeconomic outcomes and policy implications than analyzing a single representative agent.

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The retrieved literature consistently supports the claim that accounting for agent heterogeneity leads to different macroeconomic outcomes, emergent properties, and distinct policy recommendations compared to representative agent models.

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SOLVING DYNAMIC MODELS WITH AGGREGATE SHOCKS AND HETEROGENEOUS AGENTS

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WOUTER J. DEN HAAN. SOLVING DYNAMIC MODELS WITH AGGREGATE SHOCKS AND HETEROGENEOUS AGENTS. 1997. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1365100597003040

Demonstrates that modeling economies with heterogeneous agents and aggregate shocks requires specific algorithms because individual decisions and distributions influence macro outcomes.

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Essays on Aggregation With Heterogeneous and Interacting Agents

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Jan Schulz-Gebhard. Essays on Aggregation With Heterogeneous and Interacting Agents. https://doi.org/10.20378/irb-59389

Argues that when micro agents interact and are heterogeneous, macro behavior exhibits emergent properties that are not reducible to isolated actions.

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Essays on macroeconomic policies in heterogeneous agent models

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Alaïs Martin-Baillon. Essays on macroeconomic policies in heterogeneous agent models. https://doi.org/10.70675/667dbe38z7bb2z4255z98a3z6589d8ea2135

Shows that incorporating agent heterogeneity changes our understanding of macroeconomic policies and leads to different recommendations compared to representative agent models.

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