Problem
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self-fulfilling beliefs
wealth distribution
Gini coefficient
Pareto exponent
Self-Fulfilling Prophecies, Quasi Nonergodicity, and Wealth Inequality: A Comment
🤖 AI Summary
本文纠正了Bouchaud和Farmer关于自证预言导致财富分布的研究中使用的方法，通过重新计算得到了更高的不平等程度，但定量结果不符。
📝 Abstract
Bouchaud and Farmer (2023) argue that self-fulfilling beliefs generate a realistic wealth distribution. Their reported Gini coefficient, quantiles, and Pareto exponent are computed from dynasty-level wealth averaged over 250 dates, not from a cross section. Correcting the estimand strengthens their qualitative result: with $N=1{,}000{,}000$ dynasties, the terminal cross-sectional Gini is 0.883 rather than 0.7, and median wealth is 0.0052 rather than 0.39 of average wealth. The model therefore generates more inequality, but not the reported quantitative fit. Appendix F analyzes a different process and does not establish the claimed Pareto tail or exponent.
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self-fulfilling beliefs
wealth inequality
Gini coefficient
Pareto exponent
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