Arbeitspapier
Economic sentiment: Disentangling private information from public knowledge
This paper addresses a general problem with the use of surveys as source of information about the state of an economy: Answers to surveys are highly dependent on information that is publicly available, while only additional information that is not already publicly known has the potential to improve a professional forecast. We propose a simple procedure to disentangle the private information of agents from knowledge that is already publicly known for surveys that ask for general as well as for private prospects. Our results reveal the potential of our proposed technique for the usage of European Commissions' consumer surveys for economic forecasting for Germany.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IWH Discussion Papers ; No. 15/2021
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Survey Methods; Sampling Methods
Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles: Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications
- Thema
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consumer confidence
private information
public information
survey data
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Heinisch, Katja
Lindner, Axel
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH)
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Halle (Saale)
- (wann)
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2021
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:gbv:3:2-144628
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:47 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Heinisch, Katja
- Lindner, Axel
- Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH)
Entstanden
- 2021