Targeting Nominal GDP growth by monetary policymakers is equivalent to a restriction on policymaker preferences for an optimality condition derived under rational expectations. This paper reports the results of simulations of a calibrated model comparing Nominal GDP growth targeting with the...

The new learning dynamic of Brown, von Neuman and Nash (1950) is introduced to macroeconomic dynamics via the cobweb model with rational and naive forecasting strategies. This dynamic has appealing properties such as positive correlation and inventiveness. There is persistent heterogeneity in...