Rational inattention and monetary economics

Handbook of Monetary Economics

Volumn 3, Issue C, 2010, Pages 155-181

  Sims, Christopher A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information Theory; Rational Inattention

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650252585     PISSN: 15734498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53238-1.00004-1     Document Type: Book

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