Evaluating information in multiple horizon forecasts: The DOE's energy price forecasts

Energy Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 189-196

  Sanders, Dwight R ^a   Manfredo, Mark R ^b   Boris, Keith ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Sempra Energy Trading   (United States)

Author keywords

Department of energy; Forecasting; Information content; Multiple horizons

Indexed keywords

COSTS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; DENSITY (OPTICAL); DIESEL FUELS; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS; FORECASTING; GAS INDUSTRY; NATURAL GASOLINE;

CRUDE OILS; DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; ENERGY PRICING; INFORMATION CONTENT; INTERNATIONAL (CO); MULTIPLE HORIZONS; PRICE FORECASTING; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (USDOE);

ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING;

ENERGY RESOURCE; FORECASTING METHOD; NATURAL GAS; OECD; PRICE DYNAMICS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58549120744     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2008.08.010     Document Type: Article

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