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Provedor de dados: 	31	
País: 	United States	
Título: 	ARE REVISIONS TO USDA CROP PRODUCTION FORECASTS SMOOTHED?	
Autores: 	Isengildina,   Olga; Irwin,   Scott H.; Good,   Darrel L.	
Data: 	2004-11-22	
Ano: 	2004	
Palavras-chave: 	Crop Production/Industries.	
Resumo: 	This study investigates the nature of the revision process of USDA corn and soybean production forecasts over the 1970/71 through 2002/03 marketing years. Nordhaus' framework for testing the efficiency of fixed-event forecasts is used. In this framework, efficiency is based on independence of forecast revisions. Both parametric and non-parametric tests reject independence of consecutive forecast revisions. Positive correlation and consistency of directional changes in forecast revisions suggest that these forecasts are "smoothed." Estimates of the impact of smoothing on forecast accuracy show that correction for smoothing may result in economically meaningful improvements in accuracy.	
Tipo: 	Conference Paper or Presentation	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	15371

http://purl.umn.edu/19027	
Editor: 	AgEcon Search	
Relação: 	NCR-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management&gt;2004 Conference, St. Louis, MO, April 19-20, 2004

2004 Conference, St. Louis, MO, April 19-20, 2004	
Formato: 	26

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