Combining density forecasts

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-13

  Hall, Stephen G ^a,b   Mitchell, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Combining forecasts; Density forecasts; Evaluating forecasts; Inflation forecasting; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847050189     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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