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Bayesian Model Averaging, Learning and Model Selection


George W. Evans


University of Oregon - Department of Economics; University of Saint Andrews - School of Economics and Finance

Seppo Honkapohja


Bank of Finland; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research)

Thomas J. Sargent


New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics, Leonard N. Stern School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Noah Williams


Princeton University - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
March 2012

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8917

Abstract:     
Agents have two forecasting models, one consistent with the unique rational expectations equilibrium, another that assumes a time-varying parameter structure. When agents use Bayesian updating to choose between models in a self-referential system, we find that learning dynamics lead to selection of one of the two models. However, there are parameter regions for which the non-rational forecasting model is selected in the long-run. A key structural parameter governing outcomes measures the degree of expectations feedback in Muth's model of price determination.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 27

Keywords: grain of truth, rational expectations equilibrium, Time-varying perceptions

JEL Classification: D83, D84, E37

working papers series


Date posted: April 4, 2012  

Suggested Citation

Evans, George W., Honkapohja, Seppo, Sargent, Thomas J. and Williams, Noah, Bayesian Model Averaging, Learning and Model Selection (March 2012). CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8917. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2034135

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George W. Evans (Contact Author)
University of Oregon - Department of Economics ( email )
1285 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403
United States
541-346-4662 (Phone)
541-346-1243 (Fax)
University of Saint Andrews - School of Economics and Finance ( email )
The Scores, Castlecliff
St. Andrews, Fife KY16 8RD
United Kingdom
44-1334-462435 (Phone)
HOME PAGE: http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/economics/staff/pages.g.evans.shtml
Seppo Honkapohja
Bank of Finland ( email )
P.O. Box 160
FIN-00101 Helsinki
Finland
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
77 Bastwick Street
London, EC1V 3PZ
United Kingdom
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research)
Poschinger Str. 5
Munich, DE-81679
Germany
HOME PAGE: http://www.CESifo.de
Thomas J. Sargent
New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics, Leonard N. Stern School of Business ( email )
269 Mercer Street
New York, NY 10003
United States
212-998-3548 (Phone)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States
Noah Williams
Princeton University - Department of Economics ( email )
Fisher Hall
Princeton, NJ 08544-1021
United States
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States
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