Confidence and the Propagation of Demand Shocks

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>We revisit the question of why shifts in aggregate demand drive business cycles. Our theory combines intertemporal substitution in production with rational confusion, or bounded rationality, in consumption and investment. Th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Angeletos, George-Marios, Lian, Chen
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2022
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/144443