Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/113210 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2015: Ökonomische Entwicklung - Theorie und Politik - Session: Empirical Finance No. E19-V1
Publisher: 
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
Abstract: 
This research applies data from the Livingston survey to study the time variation in the sentiment of U.S. stock-market forecasters. A Panel Smooth Transition Regression (STR) model is estimated to identify the importance of market conditions summarized by stock-market misalignments and recent returns for the formation of regressive and extrapolative expectations. We find that survey participants expect little mean reversion in times of large misalignments reflecting the observed substantial and persistent swings in stock prices. Recent returns are negatively extrapolated depending on the sign and the size of the return revealing a contrarian behavior of forecasters in the presence of market exuberance.
JEL: 
C15
E37
G15
Document Type: 
Conference Paper

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