Was the Babson Prize deserved? An enquiry into an early forecasting model

Economic Modelling

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 417-433

  Gordon, Daniel V ^a   Kerr, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

AR model; Babson Prize; Price forecasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031185216     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-9993(97)01043-2     Document Type: Article

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