Arbeitspapier

The real effects of overconfidence and fundamental uncertainty shocks

This study provides estimates of the real effects of macro-uncertainty de- composed into fundamental and overconfidence bias components. Crucially, overconfidence biases lower ex-ante measures of uncertainty, while fundamen- tal uncertainty raises both ex-ante and ex-post measures. This distinction is useful since the estimates on the real effects of the overconfidence component of uncertainty mitigate endogeneity concerns. I first document evidence for overconfidence biases from survey density forecasts in the US survey of pro- fessional forecasters. Then, using a sign and zero restrictions identification scheme in a vector autoregression (VAR), I find that increases in fundamental uncertainty and declines in overconfidence tend to lower real activity.

ISBN
978-952-323-204-4
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers ; No. 37/2017

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes; State Space Models
Expectations; Speculations
Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles: Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Ambrocio, Gene
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Bank of Finland
(wo)
Helsinki
(wann)
2017

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Ambrocio, Gene
  • Bank of Finland

Entstanden

  • 2017

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