There are valid theoretical and empirical arguments against the rational expectations hypothesis

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Substantial theoretical and empirical work demonstrates that relaxing the assumption of rational expectations in favor of bounded rationality or behavioral models better accounts for real-world market dynamics, cognitive biases, and economic anomalies.

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The claim states that there are valid theoretical and empirical arguments against the rational expectations hypothesis. Papers [1], [6], and [8] directly critique classical rational choice or efficient market/rational expectations frameworks, demonstrating the validity and utility of bounded rationality and behavioral economic models. The claim is specific, falsifiable, and well-supported by the provided literature.

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Agentic Finance: An Adaptive Inference Framework for Bounded-Rational Investing Agents.

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Montañez Jacquez S, Clippinger JH, Moroney M. Agentic Finance: An Adaptive Inference Framework for Bounded-Rational Investing Agents.. 2026. https://doi.org/10.3390/e28030321

Demonstrates that adaptive inference models using bounded-rational agents outperform strict classical rationality/valuation assumptions under uncertainty.

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Decision-making of construction workers' waste reduction behavior: a study based on Cost-Benefit Theory and Cumulative Prospect Theory.

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Xu S, Zhou Y, Xu S, Liu J, Chen Q, Xue F, Zhu W. Decision-making of construction workers' waste reduction behavior: a study based on Cost-Benefit Theory and Cumulative Prospect Theory.. 2025. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1557736

Integrates Cumulative Prospect Theory to model cognitive biases and departures from standard rational choice in economic decision-making.

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Bounded strategic reasoning explains crisis emergence in multi-agent market games.

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Benjamin Patrick Evans, Mikhail Prokopenko. Bounded strategic reasoning explains crisis emergence in multi-agent market games.. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.221164

Critiques the rational expectations and efficient market hypothesis for failing to model out-of-equilibrium dynamics, proposing bounded rationality as a superior explanation for market crises.

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judged → SUPPORTED · 7501 Aug 2026

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