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Is wealth inequality reversible? A surveying parallel evolution with complex economic system

  • Zhixin Wang
  • , Ju e. Guo
  • , Pengcheng Song
  • , Xuan Zhang
  • Xi'an Jiaotong University
  • National Development and Reform Commission of China
  • Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

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Abstract

This paper builds a stochastic complex economic system with financial markets. We not only solve the closed-form solution of heterogeneous agent's consumption with the quadratic utility but also release the constraint of the equilibrium condition between aggregated wealth and aggregated investment weights. We simulate the system by High Performance Computing and achieve the wealth inequality parallel evolution satisfying the premise of social welfare, agent's utilities, and Total Factor Productivity to be endogenously optimal. The results show the financial structure, labor force's welfare and risk aversion of consumption are significant determinants of wealth inequality. More specifically, there is an approximate “smile” relationship between the equity financing fraction and the wealth inequality at each stage. The overloading or shortage of equity financing could further accelerate wealth inequality. Finally, our results suggest that the trend of wealth inequality cannot be stopped but only slowed.

Original languageEnglish
Article number103647
JournalFinance Research Letters
Volume53
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2023

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

Keywords

  • Complex economic system
  • Determinants of wealth inequality
  • Financial structure
  • Wealth inequality

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