Barro-Gordon revisited: Reputational equilibria with inferential expectations

Timo Henckel; Gordon D. Menzies; Nick Prokhovnik; Daniel J. Zizzo

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2011.03.031

Barro-Gordon revisited: Reputational equilibria with inferential expectations

Timo Henckel^*, Gordon D. Menzies, Nick Prokhovnik, Daniel J. Zizzo

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We incorporate inferential expectations into the Barro-Gordon model (Barro and Gordon, 1983a) of time inconsistency and consider reputational equilibria. The range of sustainable equilibria shrinks as the private sector becomes more belief-conservative.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	144-147
Number of pages	4
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	112
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2011.03.031
Publication status	Published - Aug 2011

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