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This paper develops an algorithm that enables to solve macroeconomic models with Rotemberg pricing and imperfect common … knowledge. Under the concept of imperfect common knowledge, Rotemberg pricing requires the solution algorithm to take prices … algorithm has to search for the policy function of the aggregate price and for the policy function of the firm-specific price …
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We analyze the effects of better algorithmic demand forecasting on collusive profits. We show that the comparative statics crucially depend on the whether actions are observable. Thus, the optimal antitrust policy needs to take into account the institutional settings of the industry in question....
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Sophisticated collusive compensation schemes such as assigning future market shares or direct transfers are frequently observed in detected cartels. We show formally why these schemes are useful for dampening deviation incentives when colluding firms are temporary asymmetric. The relative...
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We run an online experiment to study the origins of algorithm aversion. Participants are either in the role of workers … in the role of a manager or by an algorithm. In a second set of experiments, managers choose whether they want to … delegate their hiring decisions to the algorithm. In the baseline treatments, we observe that workers choose the manager more …
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Decisions under risk are often multidimensional, where the preferences of the decision maker depend on several attributes. For example, an individual might be concerned about both her level of wealth and the condition of her health. Many times the signs of successive cross derivatives of a...
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We develop a behavioral macroeconomic model in which agents use simple but biased rules to forecast future output and inflation. This model generates endogenous waves of optimism and pessimism (Animal Spirits") that are generated by the correlation of biased beliefs. We contrast the dynamics of...
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I distinguish two types of macroeconomic models. The first type are top-down models in which some or all agents are capable of understanding the whole picture and use this superior information to determine their optimal plans. The second type are bottom-up models in which all agents experience...
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individuals use simple rules of thumb (heuristics) to forecast the future inflation and output gap. We compare this model with the …
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in economic growth. Every macro-economic theory should attempt to explain these endemic business cycle movements. In this …
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We propose a simple and powerful numerical algorithm to compute the transition process in continuous-time dynamic … system of functional differential equations of the retarded type. We apply the Waveform Relaxation algorithm, i.e., we …
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