Measures of Fit for Rational Expectations Models

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Journal: Journal of Economic Surveys
Year: 2002
Volume: 16
Issue: 3
Pages: 301-355

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1.005 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

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Abstract

This survey provides a detailed description of some of the recent theoretical and empirical literature on rational expectations econometrics. The survey pays special attention to non–stationarity of the data, and to the various methods for evaluating rational expectations models that have been developed as alternatives to the classical statistical approach of testing overidentifying restrictions. These methods have become very popular and widely used in empirical research. We provide an illustration using Danish stock market data, and we summarize the many results obtained recently using these measures in areas as diverse as stock prices, the term structure of interest rates, exchange rates, consumption and saving, the balance of payments, tax–smoothing, hyperinflation, and linear quadratic adjustment cost models for inventories, labour demand, and money demand.

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RePEc Handle
repec:bla:jecsur:v:16:y:2002:i:3:p:301-355
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
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2026-01-25