Uncertainty and overconfidence in time series forecasts: Application to the Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Index

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 189-198

  Gordon, Danielle A ^a   Kammen, Daniel M ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0042383698     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096031096334213     Document Type: Article

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