endogenously influence whether learning occurs through its policy choices (policy experimentation), future political competition … unilaterally, but faces competition from a political opponent in the future. Both parties care about voters' payoffs, but they have … different beliefs about how policy choices will map into future economic outcomes. We show that when the incumbent party can …

to disagree forever. Although the learning process converges, leading to common knowledge of the individual decisions …

collective learning. The present paper provides a summary of this research. …

This chapter provides a survey of the recent work on learning in the context of macroeconomics. Learning has several … roles. First, it provides a boundedly rational model of how rational expectations can be achieved. Secondly, learning acts … as a selection device in models with multiple REE (rational expectations equilibria). Third, the learning dynamics …