Information Rigidity and the Expectations Formation Process : A Simple Framework and New Facts /

We propose a new approach to test the full-information rational expectations hypothesis which can identify whether rejections of the arise from information rigidities. This approach quantifies the economic significance of departures from the and the underlying degree of information rigidity. Applyin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Coibion, Olivier
Other Authors: Gorodnichenko, Yuriy
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2012.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2012/296
Online Access:Full text available on IMF