Forecasting presidential elections: When to change the model

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 227-236

  Lewis Beck, Michael S ^a   Tien, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjusting forecasts; Econometric models; Evaluating forecasts; Model selection; Regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 43049089701     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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