Evaluation of economic forecasts for Austria
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Keywords
Forecast evaluation; MAE; RMSE; Theil’s U2; Mean directional accuracy; Mahalanobis distance; External assumptions; Small open economy; Austria;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C53 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Forecasting and Prediction Models; Simulation Methods
- E37 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications
- E66 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - General Outlook and Conditions
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