Curbing optimism bias and strategic misrepresentation in planning: Reference class forecasting in practice

European Planning Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-21

  Flyvbjerg, Bent ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FORECASTING METHOD; PLANNING PRACTICE; PLANNING THEORY; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 37549021864     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654310701747936     Document Type: Article

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