Calculation, adaptation and rational expectations

Macroeconomic Dynamics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 156-182

  Evans, George W ^b   Ramey, Garey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Active Cognition; Adaptation; Bounded Rationality; Calculation Algorithm; Expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032105204     PISSN: 13651005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1365100598007020     Document Type: Article

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