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The weak rationality principle is not an empirical statement but a heuristic rule of how to proceed in social sciences …-foundation and, therefore, employ the rationality assumption in economic models. Then, with reference to the ?bounded rationality … a part of the rationality assumption. We conclude with some remarks on handling the problems of ?free will? as well as …
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Rationality of early release data is typically tested using linear regressions. Thus, failure to reject the null does … against data rationality for output and prices, but not for money. …
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importance of particular forms of definitional change which we call 'definitional breaks', and the rationality of early releases … of economic variables. An important feature of our rationality tests is that they are based solely on the examination of …
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Resit exams - extra opportunities to do an exam in the same academic year - are widely prevalent in European higher education, but uncommon in the US. I present a simple theoretical model to compare rational student behavior in the case of only one exam opportunity versus the case of two exam...
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This paper is concerned with the axiomatic foundation of the revealed preference theory. Many well-known results in the …
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and individual learning, the key parameter is shown to be the degree of rationality of the learning agents: Learning the … techniques, while the Walras strategy can be shown to be a particular 'low rationality result'. …
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New-Keynesian models are characterized by the presence of expectations as explanatory variables. To use these models for policy evaluation, the econometrician must estimate the parameters of expectation terms. Standard estimation methods have several drawbacks, including possible lack of...
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A Bayesian supply function equilibrium is characterized in a market where firms have private information about their uncertain costs. It is found that with supply function competition, and in contrast to Bayesian Cournot competition, competitiveness is affected by the parameters of the...
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that this slight departure from rationality has important implications for policy design. The central bank faces a new …
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A finite number of sellers (n) compete in schedules to supply an elastic demand. The costs of the sellers have uncertain common and private value components and there is no exogenous noise in the system. A Bayesian supply function equilibrium is characterized; the equilibrium is privately...
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