[PDF][PDF] A model of the data economy

M Farboodi, L Veldkamp - 2021 - aeaweb.org
In a data economy, transactions of goods and services generate information, which is stored,
traded and depreciates. How are the economics of this economy different from traditional …

The inflation attention threshold and inflation surges

O Pfäuti - arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.09480, 2023 - arxiv.org
At the outbreak of the recent inflation surge, the public's attention to inflation was low but
increased rapidly once inflation started to rise. In this paper, I develop a general equilibrium …

Rational Expectations Models with Higher-Order Beliefs

Z Huo, N Takayama - Review of Economic Studies, 2024 - academic.oup.com
We develop a method of solving rational expectations models with dispersed information
and dynamic strategic complementarities. In these types of models, the equilibrium outcome …

A behavioral heterogeneous agent New Keynesian model

O Pfäuti, F Seyrich - 2022 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract We develop a New Keynesian model with household heterogeneity and bounded
rationality in the form of cognitive discounting. The interaction of household heterogeneity …

Bias and sensitivity under ambiguity

Z Huo, M Pedroni, G Pei - American Economic Review, 2024 - pubs.aeaweb.org
This paper characterizes the effects of ambiguity aversion under dispersed information. The
equilibrium outcome is observationally equivalent to a Bayesian forecast of the fundamental …

Do unemployment benefit extensions explain the emergence of jobless recoveries?

K Mitman, S Rabinovich - Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2024 - Elsevier
Countercyclical unemployment benefit extensions in the United States act as a propagation
mechanism, contributing to the high persistence of unemployment following recent …

Wealth taxation and household saving: Evidence from assessment discontinuities in Norway

MAK Ring - Review of Economic Studies, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Neither theory nor existing empirical evidence support the notion that wealth taxation
reduces saving. Theoretically, the effect is ambiguous due to opposing income and …

Beliefs about the economy are excessively sensitive to household-level shocks: Evidence from linked survey and administrative data

D Taubinsky, L Butera, M Saccarola, C Lian - 2024 - nber.org
We study how people's beliefs about the economy covary with household-level events,
utilizing a unique link between Danish administrative data and a large-scale survey of …

The effects of biased labor market expectations on consumption, wealth inequality, and welfare

A Balleer, G Duernecker, S Forstner, J Goensch - 2021 - papers.ssrn.com
Idiosyncratic labor risk is a prevalent phenomenon with important implications for individual
choices. In labor market research it is commonly assumed that agents have rational …

[PDF][PDF] Perceived versus calibrated income risks in heterogeneous-agent consumption models

T Wang - 2023 - aeaweb.org
Abstract Models of microeconomic consumption (including those used in HA-macro models)
typically calibrate the size of income risk to match panel data on household income …