Arbeitspapier

Heterogeneity in exchange rate expectations: evidence on the chartist-fundamentalist approach

This paper examines heterogeneity in exchange rate expectations. Whereas agents' heterogeneity is key in modern exchange rate models, evidence on determinants of heterogeneity is weak so far. Our sample, covering expectations from about 300 forecasters over 15 years, shows remarkable time variation in dispersion. Determinants of dispersion are consistent with the chartist-fundamentalist approach: misalignments of the exchange rate and exchange rate changes explain heterogeneity. The risk premium influences heterogeneity as well, but possible impacts from macroeconomic variables and exchange rate's volatility are dominated by the other determinants.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 2502

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Foreign Exchange
Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
Thema
Exchange rate
heterogeneity
dispersion
chartists
fundamentalists
Wechselkurs
Erwartungstheorie
Wertpapieranalyse
Deutschland

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Menkhoff, Lukas
Rebitzky, Rafael R.
Schröder, Michael
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(wo)
Munich
(wann)
2008

Handle
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Menkhoff, Lukas
  • Rebitzky, Rafael R.
  • Schröder, Michael
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Entstanden

  • 2008

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