Expectations, (in)stability and (in)viability in realistic overlapping cohorts models

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 303-332

  Molnár, György ^a   Simonovits, András ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Naive expectations; Overlapping generations; Rational expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040094007     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1889(97)00121-8     Document Type: Article

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