Regime switches, agents'beliefs, and post-worldwar II U.S. macroeconomic dynamics

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 463-490

  Bianchi, Francesco ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agents'Beliefs; Bayesian methods; Great inflation; Great recession; Markov switching DSGE

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC HISTORY; FINANCIAL CRISIS; INFLATION; MACROECONOMICS; MARKOV CHAIN; MONETARY POLICY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POST-WAR; TRADE FLOW;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877060234     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/restud/rds032     Document Type: Article

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