Date: 2022
Type: Article
The ex post accuracy of subjective beliefs : a new measure and decomposition
Economics letters, 2022, Vol. 210, Art. 110160, OnlineOnly
CROSSLEY, Thomas F., GONG, Yifan, STINEBRICKNER, Ralph, STINEBRICKNER, Todd, The ex post accuracy of subjective beliefs : a new measure and decomposition, Economics letters, 2022, Vol. 210, Art. 110160, OnlineOnly
- https://hdl.handle.net/1814/73092
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We propose a novel but intuitive measure of the average ex post accuracy of a group of economic agents’ beliefs, and show how a decomposition of that measure captures different sources of inaccuracy: failure of rational expectations, subjective uncertainty, and aggregate shocks.
Additional information:
Available online 20 November 2021
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/73092
Full-text via DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2021.110160
ISSN: 0165-1765
Publisher: Elsevier
