Uncertainty and disagreement in economic prediction: The Bank of England survey of external forecasters

Economic Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 530, 2008, Pages 1107-1127

  Boero, Gianna ^a   Smith, Jeremy ^a   Wallis, Kenneth F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INFLATION; MONETARY POLICY; PREDICTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 45749114602     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2008.02162.x     Document Type: Article

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