Consensus forecasters: How good are they individually and why?
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macroeconomic forecasts; expert adjustment;JEL classification:
- E27 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications
- E37 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-FDG-2015-10-25 (Financial Development and Growth)
- NEP-FOR-2015-10-25 (Forecasting)
- NEP-MAC-2015-10-25 (Macroeconomics)
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