This paper argues that constraining people to choose consumption and labor under finite Shannon capacity produces results in line with U.S. business cycle data as well as secular movements in consumption and labor supply. The model has simple partial equilibrium setting in which risk averse...

This paper argues that constraining people to choose consumption and labor under finite Shannon capacity produces results in line with U.S. business cycle data. My model has a simple partial equilibrium setting in which risk averse consumers keep high labor supply and low consumption profile at...