Arbeitspapier
Information frictions among firms and households
We survey samples of German firms and households to document novel stylized facts about the extent of information frictions among the two groups. First, firms' expectations about macroeconomic variables are closer to expert forecasts and less dispersed than households', consistent with higher information frictions among households. Second, the degree of dispersion and the distance from expert forecasts varies more across groups of households than across groups of firms. Third, firms update their policy rate expectations less than households when provided with an expert forecast, consistent with holding stronger priors. Our results have implications for modeling choices, macroeconomic dynamics, and policies.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: ECONtribute Discussion Paper ; No. 140
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
Expectations; Speculations
Macro-Based Behavioral Economics: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on the Macro Economy‡
- Thema
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Information frictions
expectation formation
firms
households
interest rates
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Link, Sebastian
Peichl, Andreas
Roth, Christopher
Wohlfart, Johannes
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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University of Bonn and University of Cologne, Reinhard Selten Institute (RSI)
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Bonn and Cologne
- (wann)
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2022
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ
Datenpartner
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Link, Sebastian
- Peichl, Andreas
- Roth, Christopher
- Wohlfart, Johannes
- University of Bonn and University of Cologne, Reinhard Selten Institute (RSI)
Entstanden
- 2022