Evaluating a three-dimensional panel of point forecasts: The Bank of England Survey of External Forecasters

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 354-367

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymmetric loss functions; Density forecasts; Forecast efficiency; Forecast surveys; Point forecasts

Indexed keywords

EID: 49349109147     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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