Testing the rationality of Japanese GDP forecasts: The sign of forecast revision matters

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 263-269

  Ashiya, Masahiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forecast; Optimism; Over reaction; Rational expectation; Reputation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037290086     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2681(02)00051-3     Document Type: Article

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