The evolution of consensus in macroeconomic forecasting

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 461-473

  Gregory, Allan W ^a   Yetman, James ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Forecasting revisions; Macroeconomic forecasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344683662     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2070(03)00064-5     Document Type: Article

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