THE QUALITATIVE EXPECTATIONS HYPOTHESIS: MODEL AMBIGUITY, CONSISTENT REPRESENTATIONS OF MARKET FORECASTS, AND SENTIMENT

Roman Frydman, Soren Johansen, Anders Rahbek and Morten Nyboe
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Roman Frydman: Department of Economics, New York University.
Morten Nyboe: Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen

No 17-10, Discussion Papers from University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics

Abstract: We introduce the Qualitative Expectations Hypothesis (QEH) as a new approach to modeling macroeconomic and financial outcomes. Building on John Muth's seminal insight underpinning the Rational Expectations Hypothesis (REH), QEH represents the market's forecasts to be consistent with the predictions of an economist's model. However, by assuming that outcomes lie within stochastic intervals, QEH, unlike REH, recognizes the ambiguity faced by an economist and market participants alike. Moreover, QEH leaves the model open to ambiguity by not specifying a mechanism determining specific values that outcomes take within these intervals. In order to examine a QEH model's empirical relevance, we formulate and estimate its statistical analog based on simulated data. We show that the proposed statistical model adequately represents an illustrative sample from the QEH model. We also illustrate how estimates of the statistical model's parameters can be used to assess the QEH model's qualitative implications.

Keywords: Asset-Price Movements; Model Ambiguity; Models with Time-Varying Parameters; REH; Behavioral Finance; GAS Models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C51 C65 D84 G02 G12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 38 pages
Date: 2017-04-22
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Working Paper: The Qualitative Expectations Hypothesis: Model Ambiguity, Consistent Representations of Market Forecasts, and Sentiment (2017)
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