Multiple-equilibria macroeconomic models suggest that consumers and investors' perceptions about the state of the economy may be important independent factors for business cycles. In this paper, we examine empirically the interrelations between waves of optimism and pessimism and subsequent...

Multiple-equilibria macroeconomic models suggest that consumers and investors' perceptions about the state of the economy may be important independent factors for business cycles. In this paper, we examine empirically the interrelations between waves of optimism and pessimism and subsequent...

We study a one-sector growth model which is standard except for the presence of an externality in the production function. The set of competitive equilibria is large. It includes constant equilibria, sunspot equilibria, cyclical and chaotic equilibria, and equilibria with deterministic or...

We study a one-sector growth model which is standard except for the presence of an externality in the production function. The set of competitive equilibria is large. It includes constant equilibria, sunspot equilibria, cyclical and chaotic equilibria, and equilibria with deterministic or...