Expectations coordination on a sunspot equilibrium: An eductive approach

Macroeconomic Dynamics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-41

  Desgranges, Gabriel ^b   Negroni, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Common Knowledge; Coordination; Rational Expectations; Stationary Sunspot Equilibrium; Strong Rationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037777523     PISSN: 13651005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1365100501010288     Document Type: Article

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