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CONVERGENCE IN MONETARY INFLATION MODELS WITH HETEROGENEOUS LEARNING RULES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2001

George W. Evans
Affiliation:
University of Oregon
Seppo Honkapohja
Affiliation:
University of Helsinki
Ramon Marimon
Affiliation:
European University Institute and Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Abstract

Inflation and the monetary financing of deficits are analyzed in a model in which the deficit is constrained to be less than a given fraction of a measure of aggregate market activity. Depending on parameter values, the model can have multiple steady states. Under adaptive learning with heterogeneous learning rules, there is convergence to a subset of these steady states. In some cases, a high-inflation constrained steady state will emerge. However, with a sufficiently tight fiscal constraint, the low-inflation steady state is globally stable. We provide experimental evidence in support of our theoretical results.

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© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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