Branch, William A.; Gasteiger, Emanuel - 2019
This paper develops a theory of endogenously (non-)Ricardian beliefs. That is, whether Ricardian Equivalence holds in … an equilibrium depends on endogenous private sector beliefs. The novelty here is a restricted perceptions viewpoint: in … Ricardian beliefs emerge as a self-confirming equilibrium, while the other features an equilibrium with non-Ricardian beliefs …