Probability forecasting and central bank accountability

Journal of Policy Modeling

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 223-234

  Casillas Olvera, Gabriel ^a,b   Bessler, David A ^c  

^a BANCO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO AUTÓNOMO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Brier score; Central banks; Probability forecasting; Yates' partition

Indexed keywords

EID: 32044454021     PISSN: 01618938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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