Bounded rationality and unemployment dynamics

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2022
Volume: 210
Issue: C

Score contribution per author:

0.335 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

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

Abstract

Using the bounded rationality implementation developed in Evans et al. (2021), we consider unemployment dynamics driven by aggregate productivity shocks within a McCall-type labor-search model. We find that bounded rationality magnifies the impact effect of a decline in productivity on unemployment. Boundedly rational agents are overly pessimistic about wage offers during the course of a recession, resulting in higher unemployment relative to the rational model.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:210:y:2022:i:c:s0165176521004262
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-25