Why are professional forecasters biased? Agency versus behavioral explanations

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 20-40

  Ehrbeck, Tilman ^a   Waldmann, Robert ^a  

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EID: 0040455274     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2946656     Document Type: Article

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