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Indeterminacy, Sunspots, and Development Traps

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  • Sergey Slobodyan, 2002. "Indeterminacy, Sunspots, and Development Traps," Computing in Economics and Finance 2002 255, Society for Computational Economics.
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    indeterminacy; development trap; stochastic stability; sunspots;
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    JEL classification:

    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
    • O41 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models

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