Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems: Based on Business Surveys of French Manufacturing Industry

Ivaldi, Marc

Using panel data of individual firms drawn from French surveys, a structural analysis is developed to study the formation of production plans and the rationality of expectations. The production decision of a firm is defined as the optimal solution of a dynamic stochastic optimization problem. The empirical work amounts to recovering the structural parameters characterizing the model of the firm from estimates of the derived decision rule. The preceding analysis of production plans is based on the assumption that firms are rational. To justify this assumption, direct tests offer evidence that the Rational Expectations Hypothesis may not be rejected for quantity variables.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 1991-03-13

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783540536659

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-46735-6

Dimensions: 244cm x170cm

Pages: 230