Forecasting the price of oil

Handbook of Economic Forecasting

Volumn 2, Issue , 2013, Pages 427-507

  Alquist, Ron ^a   Kilian, Lutz ^b   Vigfusson, Robert J ^c  

^a BANK OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetries; Economic fundamentals; Forecast scenarios; Futures price; No change forecast; Oil; Predictability; Risk; Structural change; Structural oil market models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876078530     PISSN: 15740706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53683-9.00008-6     Document Type: Chapter

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