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Do exchange-rate forecasters herd? A note on the zloty/dollar and yen/dollar exchange rate

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  • Georg Stadtmann

    (Europa-Universität Viadrina)

  • Dirk Schäfer

    (University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Department of Business and Economics)

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We used the foreign-exchange rate forecasts of the Consensus Economics Inc. poll to analyze whether exchange-rate forecasters herd or anti-herd. Forecasters herd (anti-herd) if their forecasts are biased towards (away from) the consensus. Upon implementing a robust empirical test developed by Bernhardt, Campello, Kutsoati (2006), we found that forecasters anti-herd.

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  • Georg Stadtmann & Dirk Schäfer, 2011. "Do exchange-rate forecasters herd? A note on the zloty/dollar and yen/dollar exchange rate," Bank i Kredyt, Narodowy Bank Polski, vol. 42(1), pages 7-18.
    • Handle: RePEc:nbp:nbpbik:v:42:y:2011:i:1:p:7-18
    Note: We would like to thank the Euro Area Macroeconomic Developments Division of the European Central Bank (ECB) for providing the data.
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    Keywords

    exchange rates; forecasting; herding;
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    JEL classification:

    • F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange
    • D84 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Expectations; Speculations

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