Self-fulfilling prophecies and the business cycle

Macroeconomic Dynamics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 740-769

  Farmer, Roger E A ^a   Woodford, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic General Equilibrium; Indeterminacy; Rational Expectations; Sunspots

Indexed keywords

EID: 6944257059     PISSN: 13651005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1365100597005051     Document Type: Article

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