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An Agent-based Model (ABM) is a formal tool for scientific inquiry. When dealing with an unknown scientific method, several questions are worth asking: What is it? How to use it? And most important, is it useful?
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Boero, R. (2015). A Few Good Reasons to Favor Agent-based Modeling in Economic Analyses. In: Agent-based Models of the Economy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137339812_1
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