We provide a definition of the rational expectations core in an atomless economy with asset markets and show that allocations in the core can be decentralized by a system of asset and spot prices as rational expectations equilibria.

This study examines the changing relationship between domestic long-term , domestic short-term and foreign long-term interest rates.

The objective of operations on futures markets may be either hedging or speculation. In this paper, we wish to give a desciption of futures markets with two groups of operators with heterogeneous expectations: hedgers-speculators, and pure speculators. The existence of carry-over costs is taken...

Market expectations of future return volatility play a crucial role in finance; so too does our understanding of the process by which information is incorporated in security prices through the trading process. This paper seeks to learn something about both of these issues by investigating...

Market expectations of future return volatility play a crucial role in finance; so too does our understanding of the process by which information is incorporated in security prices through the trading process. This paper seeks to learn something about both of these issues by investigating...

The paper discusses the concept of "expectational market failures" ; it attempts to assess the scope for Government intervention aiming at stabilizing economic agents' expectations. The Rational Expectations Hypothesis, "evolutive" and "eductive" learning credibility, "indicative Planning",...

The dominent influence of South African goods on the Botswana CPI basket leads to the expectation that South African prices have a significant role in determining prices in Botswana. This paper examines Botswana's price and inflation relationships and their interaction.

This paper examines the rationality and optimality of the survey based expectations of Australian exchange rate and interest rates.