I thank the editor, Wouter den Haan, and two anonymous referees for their helpful comments. George Evans and Shankha Chakraborty provided many helpful comments and suggestions for which I am immensely grateful. I thank Tom Sargent, seminar participants at the Learning Week Conference at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, the University of Oregon, the University of Kentucky, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Fordham University, the College of William and Mary, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Bates College.
Original Article
Learning by Doing, Short-Sightedness and Indeterminacy
Article first published online: 3 JAN 2013
DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12001
© 2012 The Author(s). The Economic Journal © 2012 Royal Economic Society
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How to Cite
Shea, P. (2013), Learning by Doing, Short-Sightedness and Indeterminacy. The Economic Journal. doi: 10.1111/ecoj.12001
Publication History
- Article first published online: 3 JAN 2013
- Accepted manuscript online: 18 SEP 2012 06:03AM EST
- Manuscript Accepted: 18 AUG 2012
- Manuscript Received: 12 OCT 2011
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