Aufgrund der einzel- und gesamtwirtschaftlichen Relevanz von Zinsänderungen ist das Interesse an Zinsprognosen traditionell sehr groß. Dennoch finden sich in der wissenschaftlichen Literatur nur relativ wenige Studien, welche die Prognosegüte ökonometrischer Verfahren "out of sample"...

This experiment compares the price dynamics and bubble formation in an asset market with a price adjustment rule in three treatments where subjects (1) submit a price forecast only, (2) choose quantity to buy/sell and (3) perform both tasks. We find deviation of the market price from the...

Recent work on complex adaptive systems for modeling financialmarkets is surveyed. Financia1 markets areviewed as evolutionary systems between different, competing tradingstrategies. Agents are boundedly rational inthe sense that they tend to follow strategies that have performedwell, according...