Representation and stability in testing and measuring rational expectations

Journal of Economic Methodology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 381-402

  Boumans, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Ceteris paribus; Laws; Measurement; Models; Rational expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 25144466216     PISSN: 1350178X     EISSN: 14699427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501789900000024     Document Type: Article

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