Does Ricardian Equivalence hold when expectations are not rational?

George W Evans, Seppo Honkapohja, Kaushik Mitra

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    Abstract

    This paper considers the Ricardian Equivalence proposition when expectations are not rational and are instead formed using adaptive learning rules. We show that Ricardian Equivalence continues to hold provided suitable additional conditions on learning dynamics are satisfied. However, new cases of failure can also emerge under learning. In particular, for Ricardian Equivalence to obtain, agents expectations must not depend on governments financial variables under deficit financing.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1259-1283
    Number of pages25
    JournalJournal of Money, Credit and Banking
    Volume44
    Issue number7
    Early online date19 Sept 2012
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Oct 2012

    Keywords

    • taxation, epxectations, Ramsey model, Ricardian Equivalence

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