Are rational actor models “ rational” outside small worlds?
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Natural Expectations and Macroeconomic Fluctuations.
The Harvard community has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters. In recent decades, research in economics and finance has largely focused on the rational actor model, in which economic agents process all available information perfectly. In contrast to an older perspective represented by Keynes and Pigou, the rational model rules out un...
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