Convergence in monetary inflation models with heterogeneous learning rules

Macroeconomic Dynamics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-31

  Evans, George W ^a   Honkapohja, Seppo ^b   Marimon, Ramon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fiscal constraints; Heterogeneous expectations; Heterogeneous learning; Inflation; Multiple equilibria

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035530151     PISSN: 13651005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1365100501018016     Document Type: Article

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