Information, heterogeneity and market incompleteness

A-Tier
Journal: Journal of Monetary Economics
Year: 2010
Volume: 57
Issue: 2
Pages: 164-174

Authors (2)

Graham, Liam (not in RePEc) Wright, Stephen (Birkbeck College)

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Information is "market-consistent" if agents only use market prices to infer the underlying states of the economy. This paper applies this concept to a stochastic growth model with incomplete markets and heterogeneous agents. The economy with market-consistent information can never replicate the full information equilibrium, and there are substantial differences in impulse responses to aggregate productivity shocks. These results are robust to the introduction of a noisy public signal and aggregate financial markets. We argue that the principle of market-consistent information should be applied to any model with incomplete markets.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:moneco:v:57:y:2010:i:2:p:164-174
Journal Field
Macro
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-29