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Paper #1118

Títol:
Dynamic higher order expectations
Autor:
Kristoffer Nimark
Data:
Octubre 2007 (Revisió: Març 2011)
Resum:
In models where privately informed agents interact, agents may need to form higher order expectations, i.e. expectations of other agents' expectations. This paper develops a tractable framework for solving and analyzing linear dynamic rational expectations models in which privately informed agents form higher order expectations. The framework is used to demonstrate that the well-known problem of the infinite regress of expectations identified by Townsend (1983) can be approximated to an arbitrary accuracy with a finite dimensional representation under quite general conditions. The paper is constructive and presents a fixed point algorithm for finding an accurate solution and provides weak conditions that ensure that a fixed point exists. To help intuition, Singleton's (1987) asset pricing model with disparately informed traders is used as a vehicle for the paper.
Paraules clau:
Dynamic Higher Order Expectations, Private Information, Asset Pricing
Àrea de Recerca:
Macroeconomia i Economia Internacional

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