Resuscitating the Cobweb Cycle

U of Zurich, Inst. for Empirical Economic Research Working Paper No. 123

8 Pages Posted: 16 Sep 2002

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Klaus Reiner Schenk-Hoppé

The University of Manchester - Department of Economics

Date Written: July 26, 2002

Abstract

This note shows that permanent fluctuations in the Cobweb model - though inconsistent with a rational expectations equilibrium - can be justified as being rational when reinterpreting the model in the theory of rational beliefs.

Keywords: Cobweb model, rational beliefs, rational expectations

JEL Classification: E32

Suggested Citation

Schenk-Hoppé, Klaus Reiner, Resuscitating the Cobweb Cycle (July 26, 2002). U of Zurich, Inst. for Empirical Economic Research Working Paper No. 123, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=325980 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.325980

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