The heterogeneous expectations hypothesis: Some evidence from the lab

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control
Year: 2011
Volume: 35
Issue: 1
Pages: 1-24

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

This paper surveys learning-to-forecast experiments (LtFEs) with human subjects to test theories of expectations and learning. Subjects must repeatedly forecast a market price, whose realization is an aggregation of individual expectations. Emphasis is given to how individual forecasting rules interact at the micro-level and which structure they cocreate at the aggregate, macro-level. In particular, we focus on the question wether the evidence from laboratory experiments is consistent with heterogeneous expectations.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:dyncon:v:35:y:2011:i:1:p:1-24
Journal Field
Macro
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-02-02