Forecast Failure, Expectations Formation and the Lucas Critique.

Since forecast failure is due to unanticipated deterministic shifts, "sensible" agents should adopt "robust forecasting rules". In such a non-stationary world, causal variables can dominate non-causal in forecasting, so "rational expectations" do not have a sound basis:...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hendry, D
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: L'INSEE/GENES on behalf of ADRES 2002