Expectations formation and stability of large socioeconomic systems

Econometrica

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 741-781

  Grandmont, Jean Michel ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bayesian learning; Convergence to rational expectations; Error learning; Learning dynamics; Least squares learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000589196     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2999573     Document Type: Article

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