We look at how asset exchange models can be mapped to random iteratedfunction systems (IFS) giving new insights into the dynamics of wealthaccumulation in such models. In particular, we focus on the "yard-sale" (winnergets a random fraction of the poorer players wealth) and the "theft-and-fraud"(winner gets a random fraction of the loser's wealth) asset exchange models.Several special cases including 2-player and 3-player versions of these `games'allow us to connect the results with observed features in real economies, e.g.,lock-in (positive feedback), etc. We then implement the realistic notion that aricher agent is less likely to be aggressive when bargaining over a smallamount with a poorer player. When this simple feature is added to the yard-salemodel, in addition to the accumulation of the total wealth by a single agent("condensation"), we can see exponential and power-law distributions of wealth.Simulation results suggest that the power-law distribution occurs at thecross-over of the system from exponential phase to the condensate phase.
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