Are inflation expectations rational?

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 406-422

  Andolfatto, David ^a   Hendry, Scott ^b   Moran, Kevin ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Bank of Canada ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Learning dynamics; Monte Carlo experiments; Regime changes; Sample size

Indexed keywords

EID: 44249083766     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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