Role of the Minimal State Variable Criterion in Rational Expectations Models

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 621-639

  Mccallum, Bennett T ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubbles; Expectations; Multiplicity; Stability; State variables; Uniqueness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037791059     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008746610773     Document Type: Article

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