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For the class of linear discrete-time structural quantitative economic models, we develop a procedure which can clarify the core properties of such models by way of a qualitative causal explanation. From the equation representation of the model and knowledge about the causality within a single equation, we derive in an automatic way a representation of the economic model using signed directed graphs. Causal explanation of a quantitative simulation with the model can then be generated by traversing the signed directed graph. The procedures have been implemented in a Prolog program.
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Berndsen, R. (1996). A Practical Tool for Explanation of Quantitative Model Behaviour. In: Ein-Dor, P. (eds) Artificial Intelligence in Economics and Managment. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1427-1_17
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