The rationality and reliability of expectations reported by British households: micro evidence from the British household panel survey
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- Dr Martin Weale & Dr. James Mitchell, 2007. "The Rationality and Reliability of Expectations Reported by British Households: Micro Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey," National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) Discussion Papers 287, National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
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household behaviour; expectation formation;JEL classification:
- D84 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Expectations; Speculations
- D19 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Other
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBA-2007-09-30 (Central Banking)
- NEP-EEC-2007-09-30 (European Economics)
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