Learning, adaptive expectations and technology shocks

Economic Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 536, 2009, Pages 377-405

  Huang, Kevin X D ^a   Liu, Zheng ^b   Zha, Tao ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; GROWTH MODELING; LABOR MARKET; LEARNING; MACROECONOMICS; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 64649087670     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2008.02238.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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