Measuring inflation expectations: how the response scale shapes density forecasts

In density forecasts, respondents are asked to assign probabilities to pre-specifted ranges of inflation. We show in two large-scale experiments that responses vary when we modify the response scale. Asking an identical question with modifted response scales induces different answers: Shifting, comp...

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Hauptverfasser: Becker, Christoph (VerfasserIn) , Dürsch, Peter (VerfasserIn) , Eife, Thomas A. (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Book/Monograph Arbeitspapier
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Heidelberg Heidelberg University, Department of Economics 13 Jan. 2023
Schriftenreihe:AWI discussion paper series no. 723 (January 2023)
In: AWI discussion paper series (no. 723 (January 2023))

DOI:10.11588/heidok.00032677
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