Is there a consensus among financial forecasters?

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 455-464

  Kolb, R A ^a   Stekler, H O ^b  

^a UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consensus; Distribution of forecasts; Financial forecasting; Interest rate forecasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030529288     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2070(96)00675-9     Document Type: Article

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