Combining expert forecasts: Can anything beat the simple average?

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 108-121

  Genre, Véronique ^a   Kenny, Geoff ^a   Meyler, Aidan ^a   Timmermann, Allan ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Forecast combination; Forecast evaluation; Multiple model comparisons; Real time data; Survey of Professional Forecasters

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866478581     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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