Does past volatility affect investors' price forecasts and confidence judgements?

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 497-511

  Du, Ning ^a   Budescu, David V ^b  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Investment; Judgemental forecasting; Overconfidence; Volatility

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548279313     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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