Rationally inattentive macroeconomic wedges

Antonella Tutino

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2011, vol. 35, issue 3, 344-362

Abstract: This paper argues that the solution to a dynamic optimization problem of consumption and labor under finite information-processing capacity can simultaneously explain the intertemporal and intratemporal labor wedges. It presents a partial equilibrium model where a representative risk adverse consumer chooses information about wealth with limited attention. The paper compares ex-post realizations of models with finite and infinite capacity. The model produces macroeconomic wedges and measures of elasticity consistent with the literature. These findings suggest that aconsumption-labor model with information-processing constraints can explain the difference between predicted and observed consumption and employment behavior.

Keywords: Finite; Shannon; capacity; Macroeconomic; wedges; Savings; decision (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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