A note on observational equivalence of micro assumptions on macro level

The author set up a simplistic agent-based model where agents learn with reinforcement observing an incomplete set of variables. The model is employed to generate an artificial dataset that is used to estimate standard macro econometric models. The author shows that the results are qualitatively indistinguishable (in terms of the signs and significances of the coefficients and impulse-responses) from the results obtained with a dataset that emerges in a genuinely rational system.

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Year of publication:	2020
Authors:	Ponomarenko, Alexey
Published in:	Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal. - Kiel : Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), ISSN 1864-6042. - Vol. 14.2020, 2020-3, p. 1-15
Publisher:	Kiel : Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)
Subject:	microfoundations \| bounded rationality \| reinforcement learning \| agent- based model

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Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Article
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2020-3 [DOI] 168978282X [GVK] hdl:10419/213847 [Handle] RePEc:zbw:ifweej:20203 [RePEc]
Classification:	B41 - Economic Methodology ; C63 - Computational Techniques ; D83 - Search, Learning, Information and Knowledge
Source:	EconStor

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