Forecasting the future: Pitfalls in controlling for uncertainty

Futures

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 333-350

  Strand, Sverre ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS   (Norway)

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FORECASTING METHOD;

EID: 0033065047     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-3287(98)00136-0     Document Type: Article

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