Anticipated utility and rational expectations as approximations of Bayesian decision making

International Economic Review

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 185-221

  Cogley, Timothy ^a   Sargent, Thomas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 39149115658     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: 14682354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2354.2008.00477.x     Document Type: Article

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