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Numerical Simulations of Reaching a Steady State: No Need to Generate Any Rational Expectations

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It is not easy to numerically simulate the path to a steady state because there is no closed form solution in dynamic economic growth models in which households behave generating rational expectations. In contrast, it is easy if households are supposed to behave under the MDC (maximum degree of comfortability)-based procedure. In such a simulation, a household increases or decreases its consumption according to simple formulae. In this paper, I simulate the path when households behave under the MDC-based procedure, and the results of simulations indicate that households can easily reach a stabilized (steady) state without generating any rational expectations by behaving according to their feelings and guesses about their preferences and the state of the entire economy. 

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Harashima, T. 2022. Numerical simulations of reaching a steady state: No need to generate any rational expectations. Journal of Applied Economic Sciences, Volume XVII, Winter, 4(78): 321 – 339. https://doi.org/10.57017/jaes.v17.4(78).04

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