Business cycle amplification with heterogeneous expectations

Economic Theory

Volumn 47, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 395-421

  Branch, William A ^a   McGough, Bruce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterogeneous expectations; Propagation; Real business cycles; Restricted perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955914401     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: 14320479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-010-0541-2     Document Type: Article

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