Rational expectations

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:economic_policy
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:economic_policy
Fiscal policy
gptkbp:assumes Agents have unbiased forecasts
Agents use all relevant information
gptkbp:contrastsWith Adaptive expectations
gptkbp:criticizedFor Behavioral economics
gptkbp:field gptkb:Macroeconomics
Economics
gptkbp:hasConcept Expectations are model-consistent
Economic agents use all available information to form expectations
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rational expectations
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Real_business_cycle_theory
Dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models
New classical macroeconomics
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:John_F._Muth
gptkbp:introducedIn 1961
gptkbp:popularizedBy gptkb:Robert_Lucas_Jr.
gptkbp:relatedConcept Rational choice theory
Efficient market hypothesis
Expectations hypothesis
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:New_Keynesian_Economics
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8