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Does Near-Rationality Matter in First-Order Approximate Solutions? A Perturbation Approach

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This paper studies first-order approximate solutions to near-rational dynamic stochastic models. Under near-rationality, subjective beliefs are distorted away from rational expectations via a change of measure process which fulfils some regularity conditions. As a main result, we show that equilibrium indeterminacy may arise even when the martingale representation of beliefs distortion depends on the economy's fundamentals solely. This provides theoretical support to the modeling assumptions of Woodford [American Economic Review 100, 274-333 (2010)]

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  • Frank Hespeler & Marco M. Sorge, 2013. "Does Near-Rationality Matter in First-Order Approximate Solutions? A Perturbation Approach," CSEF Working Papers 339, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy.
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    Keywords

    Near-Rationality; Perturbation methods; Equilibrium indeterminacy;
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    JEL classification:

    • D84 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Expectations; Speculations
    • E0 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General
    • C62 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Existence and Stability Conditions of Equilibrium
    • C63 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Computational Techniques

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