Using forecasts of forecasters to forecast

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-28

  Nolte, Ingmar ^a   Pohlmeier, Winfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forecasting quality; Linear time series models; Qualitative survey data; Quantification methods; Turning points

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847041435     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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