Combination forecasting for directional accuracy: An application to survey interest rate forecasts

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 607-615

  Greer, Mark R ^a  

^a DOWLING COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Combination forecasting; Directional accuracy; Forecasting; Interest rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 25844468156     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664760500079027     Document Type: Article

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