Rational Expectations and Econometric Practice [Paperback] Lucas Jr., Robert E. and Sargent, Thomas J.

Robert E. Lucas

ISBN 10: 0816609179 / ISBN 13: 9780816609178

Published by Univ Of Minnesota Press, 1981

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Edition de 1988, volume 1.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rational Expectations and Econometric Practice [Paperback] Lucas Jr., Robert E. and Sargent, Thomas J.
• Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0816609179
• ISBN 13: 9780816609178
• Binding: Soft cover

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Synopsis

Rational Expectations and Econometric Practice was first published in 1981. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.

Assumptions about how people form expectations for the future shape the properties of any dynamic economic model. To make economic decisions in an uncertain environment people must forecast such variables as future rates of inflation, tax rates, government subsidy schemes and regulations. The doctrine of rational expectations uses standard economic methods to explain how those expectations are formed.

This work collects the papers that have made significant contributions to formulating the idea of rational expectations. Most of the papers deal with the connections between observed economic behavior and the evaluation of alternative economic policies.

Robert E. Lucas, Jr., is professor of economics at the University of Chicago. Thomas J. Sargent is professor of economics at the University of Minnesota and adviser to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minnesota.

About the Author

Thomas J. Sargent is the Berkley Professor of Economics and Business at New York University.