This paper presents an equilibrium selection procedure for linear rational expectations models under equilibrium indeterminacy. In the procedure, a specific equilibrium is chosen such that the perceived law of motion for agents with adaptive learning rules converges to the particular solution....

This paper analyzes the performance of alternative versions of the new Keynesian monetary (NKM) model in replicating the comovement observed between output and inflation. Following Den Haan [2000. The comovement between output and prices. Journal of Monetary Economics 46, 3-30], we analyze...

The perturbation method is used to approximate optimal experimentation problems. The approximation is in the neighborhood of the linear regulator (LR) problem. The first order perturbation of the optimal decision under experimentation is a combination of the LR solution and a term that captures...

This paper investigates the formation of prices in a perishable goods market where agents bargain repeatedly through pair-wise interactions. After extensive field observations, we chose to focus on two aspects that seem important to actors of this market: the passage of time and update in...

We analyze the welfare effects of an unfunded social security system. We do so using an overlapping generations economy wherein agents have self-control preferences, face mortality risk, individual income risk, and borrowing constraints. Given our specification of preferences, unfunded social...