Döhrn, Roland; Schmidt, Christoph M. - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 231 (2011) 1, pp. 9-27
Summary The accuracy of macroeconomic forecast depends on various factors, most importantly the mix of analytical … forecasts of German GDP and its components to analyze the impact of institutions and information on forecast accuracy. We find … that forecast errors are a linear function of the forecast horizon, which serves as an indicator of the information …