@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ This lecture can be regarded as an introduction to **invertibility** issues th
102102the analysis of ** fiscal foresight** by Eric Leeper, Todd Walker, and Susan Yang {cite}` Leeper_Walker_Yang ` , as well
103103as in chapter 4 of {cite}` sargent1991observable ` .
104104
105- ## Two Representations of One Nonfinancial Income Process
105+ ## Two representations of one nonfinancial income process
106106
107107We study consequences of endowing a
108108consumer with one of two alternative representations for the change
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ and $\Sigma = (1-\beta^2) \sigma_\epsilon^2$.
264264Alternatively, we can obtain these formulas via the classical filtering theory
265265described in {doc}`this lecture <classical_filtering>`.
266266
267- ## News Shocks and Less Informative Shocks
267+ ## News shocks and less informative shocks
268268
269269Representation {eq}`eqn_1` is cast in terms of a **news shock**
270270$\epsilon_{t+1}$ that represents a shock to nonfinancial income
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ for representation {eq}`eqn_2` is
356356$d_a(\beta) = \frac{1 -\beta^2}{1 -\beta } = (1 + \beta)$, another
357357fact that will be important below.
358358
359- ## Representation of $\epsilon_t$ Shock in Terms of Future $y_t$
359+ ## Representation of $\epsilon_t$ shock in terms of future $y_t$
360360
361361Notice that reprentation {eq}`eqn_1`, namely, $y_{t+1} - y_t = -\beta^{-1} \epsilon_t + \epsilon_{t+1}$
362362implies the linear difference equation
382382
383383Thus, $\epsilon_t$ **exactly** reveals the gap between $y_t$ and $E [ y_t | y^t_+]$.
384384
385- ## Representation in Terms of $a_t$ Shocks
385+ ## Representation in terms of $a_t$ shocks
386386
387387Next notice that representation {eq}`eqn_2`, namely, $y_{t+1} - y_t = -
388388\beta a_t + a_{t+1}$ implies the linear difference
405405E [ y_ {t+1} | y^t ] = (1-\beta) \sum_ {j=0}^\infty \beta^j y_ {t-j}
406406$$
407407
408- ## Permanent Income Consumption-Smoothing Model
408+ ## Permanent income consumption-smoothing model
409409
410410When we computed optimal consumption-saving policies for our two
411411representations {eq}`eqn_1` and {eq}`eqn_2` by using formulas obtained with the difference equation
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ the temporary part.
455455The behavior of the better informed consumer sharply illustrates the behavior predicted in a classic
456456Ricardian equivalence experiment.
457457
458- ## State Space Representations
458+ ## State space representations
459459
460460We now cast our representations {eq}`eqn_1` and {eq}`eqn_2`, respectively, in terms of the following two state
461461space systems:
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ plt.title("innovations representation")
811811plt.legend()
812812```
813813
814- ## Simulating Income Process and Two Associated Shock Processes
814+ ## Simulating income process and two associated shock processes
815815
816816We now form a **single** $\{y_t\}_{t=0}^T$ realization
817817that we will use to simulate decisions associated
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ The above steps implement the experiment of comparing decisions made by
847847two consumers having **identical** incomes at each date but at each date
848848having **different** information about their future incomes.
849849
850- ## Calculating Innovations in Another Way
850+ ## Calculating innovations in another way
851851
852852Here we use formula {eq}`eqn_3` above to compute $a_{t+1}$ as a function
853853of the history
869869We can verify that we recover the same $\{a_t\}$ sequence
870870computed earlier.
871871
872- ## Another Invertibility Issue
872+ ## Another invertibility issue
873873
874874This {doc}`quantecon lecture <hs_invertibility_example>` contains another example of a shock-invertibility issue that is endemic
875875to the LQ permanent income or consumption smoothing model.
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