In this paper, an agent-based computational capital asset pricing model is applied to address an issue, known as the elasticity puzzle, originating from a famous reciprocal relation between the elasticity of intertemporal substitution (EIS) and the relative risk aversion (RRA) coefficient. By...

This paper studies the behavior of price discovery within a context of an agent based stock market in which the twin assumptions namely, rational expectations and the representative agents normally made in mainstream economics, are removed. In this model, traders stochastically update their...

The relationship between competitiveness and market performance has been discussed for a long time. In a competitive economic environment, each firm or individual is unable to influence the market. It has been mentioned in the economics courses that the competitive market is more efficient and...