This book provides an alternative view of the workings of foreign exchange markets. The authors' modeling approach is based on the idea that agents use simple forecasting rules and switch to those rules that have been shown to be the most profitable in the past. This selection mechanism is based...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. A Behavioral Macroeconomic Model -- 2. The Transmission of Shocks -- 3. Trade-offs between Output and Inflation Variability -- 4. Flexibility, Animal Spirits, and Stabilization -- 5. Animal Spirits and the Nature of Macroeconomic Shocks -- 6. Stock Prices...