Asset Price Dynamics in a Chartist-Fundamentalist Model with Time Delays: A Bifurcation Analysis

This paper studies the dynamic behavior of asset prices using a chartist-fundamentalist model with two speculative markets. To this effect, we employ a differential system with delays à la Dibeh (2007) to describe the price dynamics and we assume that the two markets are coupled via diffusive coupli...

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Main Authors: Loretti I. Dobrescu, Mihaela Neamtu, Gabriela Mircea
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4907468
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description This paper studies the dynamic behavior of asset prices using a chartist-fundamentalist model with two speculative markets. To this effect, we employ a differential system with delays à la Dibeh (2007) to describe the price dynamics and we assume that the two markets are coupled via diffusive coupling terms. We study two different time delay cases, namely, when both markets experience the same time delay and when the time delay is different across markets. First, we theoretically determine that the equilibrium exists and investigate its stability. Second, we establish the general conditions for the existence of local Hopf bifurcations and analyze their direction and stability. The common conclusion from both the delay scenarios we consider is that coupled speculative markets with heterogeneous agents in each, but with different price dynamics, can be synchronized through diffusive coupling. Finally, we provide some numerical illustrations to confirm our theoretical findings.
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spelling doaj-art-b77f9c3bc6fc4e07acb5dbae40e473192025-02-03T01:30:28ZengWileyDiscrete Dynamics in Nature and Society1026-02261607-887X2016-01-01201610.1155/2016/49074684907468Asset Price Dynamics in a Chartist-Fundamentalist Model with Time Delays: A Bifurcation AnalysisLoretti I. Dobrescu0Mihaela Neamtu1Gabriela Mircea2School of Economics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, AustraliaDepartment of Economic Modelling, West University of Timisoara, 16 A J. H. Pestalozzi Street, 300115 Timisoara, RomaniaDepartment of Business Information Systems, West University of Timisoara, 16 A J. H. Pestalozzi Street, 300115 Timisoara, RomaniaThis paper studies the dynamic behavior of asset prices using a chartist-fundamentalist model with two speculative markets. To this effect, we employ a differential system with delays à la Dibeh (2007) to describe the price dynamics and we assume that the two markets are coupled via diffusive coupling terms. We study two different time delay cases, namely, when both markets experience the same time delay and when the time delay is different across markets. First, we theoretically determine that the equilibrium exists and investigate its stability. Second, we establish the general conditions for the existence of local Hopf bifurcations and analyze their direction and stability. The common conclusion from both the delay scenarios we consider is that coupled speculative markets with heterogeneous agents in each, but with different price dynamics, can be synchronized through diffusive coupling. Finally, we provide some numerical illustrations to confirm our theoretical findings.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4907468
spellingShingle Loretti I. Dobrescu
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Asset Price Dynamics in a Chartist-Fundamentalist Model with Time Delays: A Bifurcation Analysis
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title Asset Price Dynamics in a Chartist-Fundamentalist Model with Time Delays: A Bifurcation Analysis
title_full Asset Price Dynamics in a Chartist-Fundamentalist Model with Time Delays: A Bifurcation Analysis
title_fullStr Asset Price Dynamics in a Chartist-Fundamentalist Model with Time Delays: A Bifurcation Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Asset Price Dynamics in a Chartist-Fundamentalist Model with Time Delays: A Bifurcation Analysis
title_short Asset Price Dynamics in a Chartist-Fundamentalist Model with Time Delays: A Bifurcation Analysis
title_sort asset price dynamics in a chartist fundamentalist model with time delays a bifurcation analysis
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4907468
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