Arbeitspapier

Tell Me Something I Don't Already Know: Learning in Low and High-Inflation Settings

Using randomized control trials (RCTs) applied over time in different countries, we study how the economic environment affects how agents learn from new information. We show that as inflation has recently risen in advanced economies, both households and firms have become more attentive and informed about inflation, leading them to respond less to exogenously provided information about inflation and monetary policy. We also study the effects of RCTs in countries where inflation has been consistently high (Uruguay) and low (New Zealand) as well as what happens when the same agents are repeatedly provided information in both low- and high-inflation environments (Italy). Our results broadly support models in which inattention is an endogenous outcome that depends on the economic environment.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 16305

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Thema
inattention
RCTs
inflation expectations

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Weber, Michael
Candia, Bernardo
Ropele, Tiziano
Lluberas, Rodrigo
Frache, Serafin
Meyer, Brent
Kumar, Saten
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy
Georgarakos, Dimitris
Coibion, Olivier
Kenny, Geoff
Ponce, Jorge
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2023

Handle
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Weber, Michael
  • Candia, Bernardo
  • Ropele, Tiziano
  • Lluberas, Rodrigo
  • Frache, Serafin
  • Meyer, Brent
  • Kumar, Saten
  • Gorodnichenko, Yuriy
  • Georgarakos, Dimitris
  • Coibion, Olivier
  • Kenny, Geoff
  • Ponce, Jorge
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2023

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