New evidence of anti-herding of oil-price forecasters

Energy Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1456-1459

  Pierdzioch, Christian ^a   Rülke, Jan Christoph ^b   Stadtmann, Georg ^c,d  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY VIADRINA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Herding; Oil price

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL TEST; EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK; HERDING; OIL PRICES; PRICE FORECASTS;

FORECASTING; GAS INDUSTRY;

COSTS;

COMMODITY PRICE; CRUDE OIL; ENERGY MARKET; FORECASTING METHOD;

EID: 78149414154     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2010.05.014     Document Type: Article

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