The forecasting accuracy and determinants of football rankings

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 105-120

  Lebovic, James H ^a   Sigelman, Lee ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Football rankings; Information processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012698140     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2070(00)00064-9     Document Type: Article

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