Ji, Yuemei;
(2018)
Why is there so much Inertia in Inflation and Output? A Behavioral Explanation.
(CESifo Working Paper No. 7181
).
Munich Society for the Promotion of Economic Research ‐ CESifo GmbH The international platform of Ludwigs‐Maximilians University’s Center for Economic Studies and the ifo Institute: Munich, Germany.
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Abstract
Serial correlation in macroeconomics is pervasive. Macroeconomic modellers find it impossible to model this feature without relying on serially correlated shocks. Using a behavioral macroeconomic model, I show that serial correlation in inflation and output can easily be explained in the context that agents do not have rational expectation. This important feature is missing in the standard New Keynesian rational expectations models. The rational expectation models need serially correlated exogenous shocks to account for the high serial correlation in inflation and output while the behavioral model produces serial correlation in these variables endogenously. I also show that inertia in the beliefs about the future is a strong force in producing the serial correlation in inflation and output.
| Type: | Working / discussion paper |
|---|---|
| Title: | Why is there so much Inertia in Inflation and Output? A Behavioral Explanation |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | www.cesifo‐group.org/wp |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | behavioral macroeconomics, serial correlation, inflation, output gap, inertia in belief, endogenous business cycle. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > SSEES |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10158713 |
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