Content horizons for univariate time-series forecasts

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-55

  Galbraith, John W ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autoregression; Forecast horizon; Long term forecasting; Macroeconomic forecasting; Time series

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037250345     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2070(01)00124-8     Document Type: Article

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