By using Bayesian techniques, our paper investigates behavioral New-Keynesian DSGE models derived under two parsimonious alternatives to introduce heterogeneous expectations: the Euler equation and the anticipated-utility approach. First, we explore the relation between the expectation formation processes and the model determinacy for a broad range of parameterizations by using global sensitivity analysis and Monte Carlo filtering. Second, we perform model comparison to assess how much the two alternatives are consistent with macro and expectation survey data. Our main results are twofold: (1) model determinacy is strongly undermined by the presence of boundedly rational agents; (2) a behavioral model based on Euler equation approach fits the data decisively better than one based on anticipated utility.

Bounded rationality and heterogeneous expectations. Euler versus anticipated-utility approach / Beqiraj, E.; Di Bartolomeo, G.; Di Pietro, M.; Serpieri, C.. - In: JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS. - ISSN 0931-8658. - (2020). [10.1007/s00712-020-00697-6]

Bounded rationality and heterogeneous expectations. Euler versus anticipated-utility approach

Beqiraj, E.;Di Bartolomeo, G.
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Di Pietro, M.;Serpieri, C.
2020

Abstract

By using Bayesian techniques, our paper investigates behavioral New-Keynesian DSGE models derived under two parsimonious alternatives to introduce heterogeneous expectations: the Euler equation and the anticipated-utility approach. First, we explore the relation between the expectation formation processes and the model determinacy for a broad range of parameterizations by using global sensitivity analysis and Monte Carlo filtering. Second, we perform model comparison to assess how much the two alternatives are consistent with macro and expectation survey data. Our main results are twofold: (1) model determinacy is strongly undermined by the presence of boundedly rational agents; (2) a behavioral model based on Euler equation approach fits the data decisively better than one based on anticipated utility.
2020
bounded rationality; heterogeneous expectations; monetary policy
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Bounded rationality and heterogeneous expectations. Euler versus anticipated-utility approach / Beqiraj, E.; Di Bartolomeo, G.; Di Pietro, M.; Serpieri, C.. - In: JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS. - ISSN 0931-8658. - (2020). [10.1007/s00712-020-00697-6]
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