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abstract: A simple agent-based model of business units lending money to one another is sufficient to understand on what conditions avalanches of bankruptcies may arise. The model highlights the consequences of specialisation into money lending as well as the impact of preferential lending relations.
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keywords: 'Financial Fragility, Avalanches of Bankruptcies, Agent-based Models'
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title: Financial fragility in a basic agent-based model
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