Agent-based modeling and the sociology of money: some suggestions for refining monetary theory using social simulation

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22318v1
• Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 15:32:08 GMT
• Title: Agent-based modeling and the sociology of money: some suggestions for refining monetary theory using social simulation
• Authors: Eduardo Coltre Ferraciolli, Tanya V. Araújo,
• Abstract summary: The institution of money can be seen as a foundational social mechanism, enabling communities to quantify collectively regulate economic processes.<n>This paper reviews influential views on the nature of money in economics and sociology, contrasting them to the relatively limited findings of recent agent-based models of "the emergence of money"
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• Abstract: The institution of money can be seen as a foundational social mechanism, enabling communities to quantify collectively regulate economic processes. Money can be said, indeed, to constitute the micro-macro link in economics. This paper reviews influential views on the nature of money in economics and sociology, contrasting them to the relatively limited findings of recent agent-based models of "the emergence of money". Noting ample room for novel combinations of sociological and formal methods to drive insight into the many roles played by money in the economy, we conclude by indicating research directions in which we believe this combination can provide new answers to old questions in monetary theory

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