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In this paper, I present an empirical model of learning under ambiguity in the context of clinical trials. Patients are … concern with learning the treatment effect of the experimental drug, but face the ambiguity of random group assignment. A two … dimensional Bayesian model of learning is proposed to capture patients' beliefs on the treatment effect and group assignment …
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This paper presents a method of calculating sharp bounds on the average treatment effect using linear programming under identifying assumptions commonly used in the literature. This new method provides a sensitivity analysis of the identifying assumptions and missing data in an application...
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We explore Knightian model uncertainty as an explanation for the observed excess persistence and attenuation in estimated interest-rate reaction functions for the United States, relative to what optimal feedback rules would suggest. Two types of uncertainty are identified: (i) unstructured model...
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We explore Knightian model uncertainty as an explanation for the observed excess persistence and attenuation in estimated interest-rate reaction functions for the United States, relative to what optimal feedback rules would suggest. Two types of uncertainty are identified: (i) unstructured model...
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This paper explores Knightian model uncertainty as a possible explanation of the considerable difference between estimated interest rate rules and optimal feedback descriptions of monetary policy. We focus on two types of uncertainty: (i) unstructured model uncertainty reflected in additive...
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The Taylor (1993) rule for determining interest rates is generalized to account for three additional variables: The money supply, money velocity, and the unemployment rate. Thus, five parameters, i.e. weights assigned to the deviation in the inflation rate, the deviation in real GDP (Gross...
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We estimate the degree of ‘stickiness’ in aggregate consumption growth (sometimes interpreted as reflecting consumption habits) for thirteen advanced economies. We find that, after controlling for measurement error, consumption growth has a high degree of auto-correlation, with a stickiness...
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We estimate a New-Keynesian macro-finance model of the yield curve incorporating learning by private agents with … prices of risk are important features of the data. These features are, therefore, included in our learning model. The model … is estimated on U.S. data using Bayesian techniques. The learning model succeeds in explaining the yield curve movements …
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