Unilaterally transfers an amount of the monetary good from the agent to a recipient, or from the recipient to the agent if amount<0. Note that this function will raise a RuntimeError if no monetary good has been specified.
Parameters
recipient — Agent, required
The object of the agent to receive the funds. The agent object can be retrieved by ID with
model.agent().amount — num, required
The amount of the monetary good to pay, or to be paid if less than 0.
Return Value — num
The amount actually paid. Normally this will be equal to amount unless the agent's budget constraint is hit.
Notes and Examples