Forecasts of enterprises’ investment dynamics and behavioral economics

Katarzyna Bentkowska (1)
(1) Warsaw School of Economics, Poland

Abstract

The article analyses what determinants of the entities’ decisions can influence the accuracy of entrepreneurs’ survey forecasts according to behavioral economics. As crucial seem: quick and slow thinking, anchoring and adjustments, loss aversion and endowment effect. The example of the food processing enterprises in Poland describes their forecasts and real investments. The results show that when estimating the investment dynamics the entrepreneurs forecast a lower value than it actually achieves. When they evaluate their ex post investments, they rate them as higher than they were in practice.

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Katarzyna Bentkowska
Bentkowska, K. (2019). Forecasts of enterprises’ investment dynamics and behavioral economics. Kwartalnik Nauk O Przedsiębiorstwie, 52(3), 37–45. https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0013.4788