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Uncertainty, expectations, and financial instability : reviving Allais's lost theory of psychological time /

Eric Barthalon applies the neglected theory of psychological time and memory decay of Nobel Prize-winning economist Maurice Allais (1911-2010) to model investors' psychology in the present context of recurrent financial crises. Shaped by the behavior of the demand for money during episodes of h...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barthalon, Eric
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Expectations before the rational expectations revolution
  • Rational expectations are endogenous to and abide by "the" model
  • Macrofoundations of monetary dynamics
  • Microfoundations of monetary dynamics: the HRL formulation of the demand for money
  • The fundamental equation of monetary dynamics
  • Joint testing of the HRL formulation of the demand for money and of the fundamental equation of monetary dynamics
  • Allais's HRL formulation: illustration of its dynamic properties by an example of hyperinflation (Zimbabwe 2000-2008)
  • The HRL formulation and nominal interest rates
  • Perceived returns and the modeling of financial behavior
  • Downside potential under risk: the Allais paradox and its conflicting interpretations
  • Downside potential under uncertainty: the perceived risk of loss
  • Conclusion
  • Appendixes: A. How to compute Z(n) and z(n)
  • B. Nominal interest rates and the perceived rate of nominal growth
  • C. Proofs
  • D. Comparison between the Kalman filter and Allais's HRL algorithm
  • E.A note on the theory of intertemporal choice
  • F. Allais's cardinal utility function.