Rational Expectations Models in Macroeconomics / John B. Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, John B.

Reishus, David, author.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w1224.

NBER working paper series no. w1224

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Macroeconomics.

Macroeconomics--Mathematical models.

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1983.

Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 1983.

Summary:

This paper is a review of rational expectations models used in macroeconomic research. The purpose is to examine in some detail the differences between the models, the advantages and disadvantages of alternative models the empirical support for the models and their policy implications. The main theme is that there os a wide diversity among rational expectations models in macroeconomics, despite their common expectational assumptions and methods of analysis. Information-based and contast-based theories are reviewed as alternative models of aggregate supply. A brief review od rational expectations models of the demand side is also provided, along with a discusion of some problems with the rational expextations assumption.

Notes:

Print version record

November 1983.