Pintus, Patrick A.; Suda, Jacek - HAL - 2014
private agents are gradually learning their uncertain environment. When agents update their beliefs about the parameters that … under adaptive learning are significantly larger than under rational expectations. In our benchmark case calibrated using US … data on leverage, debt-to-GDP and land value-to-GDP ratios for 1996Q1-2008Q4, learning amplifies leverage shocks by a …