Forecasting non-incumbent presidential elections: Lessons learned from the 2000 election

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 237-258

  Sidman, Andrew H ^a   Mak, Maxwell ^b   Lebo, Matthew J ^b  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2008 election; Bayesian model averaging; Evaluating forecasts; Successor candidates; Weighting

Indexed keywords

EID: 43049102685     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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