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Autore: | Evans Robert <1968, > |
Titolo: | Macroeconomic forecasting : a sociological appraisal / / Robert Evans |
Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (254 p.) |
Disciplina: | 339/.01/12 |
Soggetto topico: | Economic forecasting |
Macroeconomics - Econometric models | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-223) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of equations; List of models; Acknowledgements; Who knows what tomorrow brings? Brief introductions to the sociology of scientific knowledge and to economic forecasting; Cherished beliefs and t-statistics: how economic models are estimated; Extrapolations and expertise: how economic forecasts are made; Soothsaying or science? Choosing between economic models; Different models: economic forecasts in February 1993; Different futures: controversies and disputes in July 1993 |
Difficult choices: policy recommendations in October 1993Economic models, economic policy and science studies; Appendix A: equations used in the econometric model; Notes; Bibliography; Interviews; Index | |
Sommario/riassunto: | Drawing on interviews with the UK government's Panel of Independent Forecasters, the author shows how economic models, forecasts and policy analysis depend crucially upon the judgements of economists. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Macroeconomic forecasting |
ISBN: | 1-280-33230-1 |
1-134-62346-1 | |
0-203-25509-7 | |
0-203-02720-5 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 996217316503316 |
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