DP2846 Are Non-Fundamental Equilibria Learnable in Models of Monetary Policy?

Author(s):	Seppo Honkapohja, Kaushik Mitra
Publication Date:	June 2001
Keyword(s):	Adaptive Learning, Monetary policy, Stability, Sunspots
JEL(s):	D84, E31, E52
Programme Areas:	International Macroeconomics
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Recent models of monetary policy can have indeterminacy of equilibria. The indeterminacy property is often viewed as a difficulty of these models. We consider its significance using the learning approach to expectations formation by employing expectational stability as a robustness criterion for different equilibria. We derive the expectational stability and instability conditions for forward-looking multivariate models, both with and without lags, that cover a wide range of monetary policies proposed in the literature.