Economic versus psychological forecasting. Evidence from consumer confidence surveys

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 563-574

  Bovi, Maurizio ^a  

^a Institute for Studies and Economic Analyses ISAE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognitive psychology; Expectations; Forecasting; Survey data

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650744811     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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