Embracing model uncertainty: Strategies for response pooling and model averaging

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-85

  Layton, David F ^a   Lee, S Todd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Model averaging; Rankings; Ratings; Stated preference

Indexed keywords

DATA MINING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TESTING;

MODEL AVERAGING; RANKINGS; RATINGS; STATED PREFERENCE;

DATA PROCESSING;

ECONOMETRICS; MODELING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33645546349     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-005-3784-9     Document Type: Article

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