Explanations of the inconsistencies in survey respondents' forecasts

European Economic Review

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 536-549

  Clements, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Point forecasts; Probability distributions; Rationality

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; FORECASTING METHOD; GROWTH RATE; HISTOGRAM; INFLATION; PROBABILITY; SURVEY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952554080     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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