Bias, rationality and asymmetric loss functions

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2017
Volume: 154
Issue: C
Pages: 113-116

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Abstract

In the literature, it is a common empirical finding that survey based expectations are biased at the individual level. This has sparked a large debate if forecasters have asymmetric loss functions or the rationality assumption is violated. In this paper, I will show that the bias can in large part be explained by the pattern of missing observations in the survey. Thus the assumption of asymmetric loss functions is not required to satisfy the rationality assumption.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:154:y:2017:i:c:p:113-116
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
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2026-01-24