Predictive Behavior

0. Literature Review.- 0.1 Empirical Studies and Experimental Studies.- 0.2 Hypotheses to Be Tested.- 0.3 Description of Selected Empirical Studies.- 0.4 Description of Selected Experimental Studies.- 0. 5 Concluding Comments on the Literature.- 1. Rationality in Presence of Exogenous Variables.- 1.1 Fully Rational and Least-Squares-Learning Predictions.- 1.2 Predictions Based on Misspecified Models.- 2. Experimental Design and Notation.- 2.1 Experimental Design.- 2.2 Notation.- 3. Aggregate Forecasts.- 3.1 Forecast Error and Deviations from Rational Predictions.- 3.2 Least-Squares Learning.- 3.3 Some Non-Rational Features of Forecasts.- 3.4 “Trend-Underestimating Predictions”.- 3.5 Learning Behavior?.- 3.6 The Influence of Single Variables.- 3.7 Psychological Factors.- 3.8 Concluding Remarks on Average Forecasts.- 4. Sum Results on Individual Forecasts.- 4.1 Comparison to Various Prediction Concepts.- 4.2 Non-Rational Features of Forecasts.- 4.3 Learning Behavior.- 4.4 Regression on Single Exogenous Variables.- 4.5 Psychological Factors.- 5. Features of Individual Forecasts.- 5.1 The Questionnaires.- 5.2 Categories of Individual Forecasts.- 5.3 Preference for “Round” Numbers.- 5.4 The Time Spent for Forecasting.- 5.5 The Dispersion of Forecasts.- 6. Conclusion.- 7. Appendix.- 7.1 Mean Absolute Deviations from Various Prediction Concepts.- 7.2 Regression on Single Exogenous Variables.- 8. References.