Notice: the WebSM website has not been updated since the beginning of 2018.

Web Survey Bibliography

Title Measuring expectations
Source Econometrica, 72, 5, pp. 1329-1376
Year 2004
Access date 05.05.2013
Abstract

To predict choice behavior, the standard practice of economists has been to infer decision processes from data on observed choices. When decision makers act with partial information, economists typically assume that persons form probabilistic expectations for unknown quantities and maximize expected utility. Observed choices may be consistent with many alternative specifications of preferences and expectations, so researchers commonly assume particular sorts of expectations. It would be better to measure expectations in the form called for by modern economic theory; that is, subjective probabilities. Data on expectations can be used to relax or validate assumptions about expectations. Since the early 1990's, economists have increasingly undertaken to elicit from survey respondents probabilistic expectations of significant personal events. This article discusses the history underlying the new literature, describes some of what has been learned thus far, and looks ahead towards making further progress.

Access/Direct link

Homepage (Abstract)/ (Full text)

Year of publication2004
Bibliographic typeJournal article
Full text availabilityFurther details
Print

Web survey bibliography (4086)

Page:
Page: