We document that past highly inflationary episodes are often characterized by a steeper inflationslack relationship. We show that model-generated data from a standard small Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) model can replicate this empirical finding when estimated with different...

Over the past decades psychological theories have made significant headway into economics, culminating in the 2002 (partially) and 2017 Nobel prizes awarded for work in the field of Behavioural Economics. Many of the insights imported from psychology into economics share a common trait: the...

We document that past highly inflationary episodes are often characterized by a steeper inflationslack relationship. We show that model-generated data from a standard small Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) model can replicate this empirical finding when estimated with different...

This paper compares fiat money and a Lucas' tree in an overlapping generations model. A Lucas' tree with a positive dividend has a unique competitive equilibrium price. Moreover, the price converges to the monetary equilibrium value of fiat money as the dividend goes to zero in the limit. Thus,...

This paper explores the rationality of non-strategic entry decisions. I develop a model where firms commit to being strategic or non-strategic before making their simultaneous entry decisions. My analysis shows that commitment to non-strategic entry behavior can be rationalized. Furthermore, the...

Evidence suggests that individual behavior may deviate from preference maximization due to limited attention to alternatives. I study this issue by developing a framework that incorporates choice procedures where individuals consider at least two available alternatives. I show that choices made...

This paper analyzes the herding behavior that characterizes lenders’ lending decisions on a microloan platform and explains how rational herding behavior can resolve the information-asymmetry problem, which is a well-known reason for the failure of online microloan platforms. Using a set of...