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@Undercoverhist @dclingi I agree with what Beatrice wrote. I would also add that at least in the earlier generations of economists developing ABMs, a lot of them wanted to "break" regular econ – which is a really ambitious goal, probably too much. It seems less true for the newer generations, who are…Permalink
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@Undercoverhist @dclingi …much comfortable by staying in the mainstream. (At least, this is my own view.) ABMs were probably seen (somewhat rightfully) as a threat by more standard economists, and because of that they weren't much keen to work on/with something that may destroy their niche.Permalink
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@Undercoverhist @dclingi I would also question a little bit the observation made by @dclingi: it seems that ABMs are somewhat more popular in Europe than in the US. I don't know what this implies though, or the explanation (if my observation/intuition is correct).
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@Undercoverhist @dclingi (I would also add that the private sector and other fields use them much more than econ. I have been recently surprised by how many consulting firms specialised in ABM exist!)Permalink
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