An application of probability judgement accuracy measures to currency forecasting

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-40

  Wilkie, Mary E ^a   Pollock, Andrew C ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Exchange rate; Forecasting; Judgement; Time series

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030095054     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-2070(94)02001-9     Document Type: Article

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