Who Forecasts Better?
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Business & Economic Statistics
- Vol. 5 (1) , 155-158
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07350015.1987.10509571
Abstract
This article suggests that the emphasis on forecast evaluations should be redirected from searching for “best” forecasters to finding those who are “better.” A new methodology is developed, and the results indicate that it is possible to identify “better” forecasters.Keywords
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