Sunday, June 5, 2011
How Often Do Forecasters Revise their Forecasts?
The Economic Times (India) summarizes my recent work on Information Rigidity in Growth Forecasts: Some Cross-Country Evidence (joint with Herman Stekler and Natalia Tamirisa).
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