Diligent forecasters can make accurate predictions despite disagreeing with the consensus
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Expectation formation; Information stickiness; Forecast disagreement; Forecast accuracy; Survey data;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D84 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Expectations; Speculations
- E37 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications
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