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2 The model

In this section, a formal description of the model is given. Time is discrete
and continues forever. In every period
t N+ , a state is drawn by nature
from a set
S = {1, ..., L}, where L is strictly greater than 1. Before defining
how nature draws the states, we first need to introduce some notations.

Denote by St (t N {∞}) the t-Cartesian product of S. For every
history
st St (t N), a cylinder with base on st is defined to be the
set
C(st) = {s Ss = (st,...)} of all infinite histories whose t initial
elements coincide with
st. Define the set Γt (t N) to be the σ-algebra
which consists of all finite unions of cylinders with base on
St.1 The sequence
t)tN generates a filtration, and define Γ to be the σ -algebra generated
by
tNΓt. Given an arbitrary probability measure Q on (S , Γ), we define
dQ0 1 and dQt to be the Γt-measurable function defined for every st St
(t N+) as

dQt(s) = Q(C(st)) where s = (st, ...).

Given data up to and at period t - 1 (t N), the probability according
to
Q of a state of nature at period t, denoted by Qt, is

Qt( s ) = dQt( s for everys S ,
dQ
t-1(s)

with the convention that if dQt-1 (s)=0 then Qt(s) is defined arbitrarily.

In every period and for every finite history, nature draws a state of nature
according to an arbitrary probability distribution
P on (S , Γ). To simplify
1The set Γ0 is defined to be the trivial σ-algebra, and Γ-1 = Γ0 .



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