On the consistency of backward-looking expectations: The case of the cobweb

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 333-362

  Hommes, Cars H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autocorrelations; Chaos; Consistent expectations; Non linear cobweb model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032518013     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-2681(97)00062-0     Document Type: Article

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