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On the limit points of an infinitely repeated rational expectations equilibrium
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On the limit points of an infinitely repeated rational expectations equilibrium

Marialaura Pesce, Niccolo Urbinati and Nicholas C. Yannelis
Economic theory, Vol.80(2), pp.465-492
09/2025
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-024-01576-7
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Abstract

We study the rational expectations equilibrium (REE) in the framework of a repeated economy. In each repetition agents observe the sequence of asymmetric REE's occurred in the past to update their private information. We show that, in the limit, agents reach a symmetric information REE which exists universally (and not generically) and it is Pareto efficient and obviously incentive compatible. We also prove the converse result, i.e., given a symmetric information REE, we can construct a sequence of approximate asymmetric REE allocations that converges to the symmetric information REE. In view of the above results, the symmetric information REE provides a rationalization for the asymmetric one.
Economics Social Sciences Business & Economics

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