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An equation for the evolution of the distribution of wealth in a population of economic agents making binary transactions with a constant total amount of “money” has recently been proposed by one of us (RLR). This equation takes the form of an iterated nonlinear map of the distribution of wealth. The equilibrium distribution is known and takes a rather simple form. If this distribution is such that, at some time, the higher momenta of the distribution exist, one can find exactly their law of evolution. A seemingly simple extension of the laws of exchange also yields explicit iteration formulae for the higher momenta, but with a major difference with the original iteration because high-order momenta grow indefinitely. This provides a quantitative model where the spreading of wealth, namely the difference between the rich and the poor, tends to increase with time.
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Pomeau, Y., López-Ruiz, R. (2015). Study of A Model for the Distribution of Wealth. In: López-Ruiz, R., Fournier-Prunaret, D., Nishio, Y., Grácio, C. (eds) Nonlinear Maps and their Applications. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, vol 112. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12328-8_1
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