Zusammenfassung
Die Arbeit versucht die Hypothese der Rationalen Erwartungen an Hand von empirisch erhobenen Erwartungsdaten zu testen. Diese Vorgangsweise stellt eine Alternative zu den indirekten Testmethoden dar, in denen die Rationalität der Erwartungen durch den Verlauf von “objektiven” Daten getestet wird (durch Überprüfung einer Erklärungshypothese, in der Erwartungen eine wohl definierte Rolle zukommt). In diesem Fall kann immer nur die gemeinsame Hypothese der Richtigkeit des Modells und der Rationalität der Erwartungen verifiziert werden. Bei Verwendung empirisch gemessener Erwartungen entfällt dieses Problem, doch kommt die Frage der Glaubwürdigkeit der gemessenen Erwartungen hinzu. Eine unvollständige Auskunft darüber gibt eine Untersuchung des Erklärungsbeitrags der Erwartungen und Antizipationen in Konsum und Investitionsfunktionen.
Die Hypothese der rationalen Erwartungen kann erst empirisch getest werden, wenn man eine Annahme über die vorhandene Informationsmenge trifft. Als minimaler Informations-stand wird die Kenntnis der vergangenen Entwicklung der zu prognostizierenden Zeitreihe angenommen. Unter dieser Annahme lassen sich die Merkmale “Unverzerrtheit”, “Effizienz”, “Suffizienz” und “Konsistenz” aus dem Vergleich erwarteter und tatsächlicher Entwicklungen ableiten und empirisch untersuchen.
Das empirische Material umfaßt 39 Zeitreihen über die erwartete (geplante) Entwicklung von Umsätzen, investitionen und Preisen aus mehreren Ländern, wobei teilweise Unternehmensbefragungen, teils Konsumentenbefragungen und teilweise Prognosen von Experten zugrundeliegen.
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Aiginger, K. Empirical evidence on the rational expectations hypothesis using reported expectations. Empirica 8, 25–72 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00924901
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