Expert forecast combination—the aggregation of individual forecasts from multiple subject-matter experts— is a proven approach to economic forecasting. To date, research in this area has exclusively concentrated on local combination methods, which handle separate but related forecasting...

AbstractForecast combination—the aggregation of individual forecasts from multiple experts or models—is a proven approach to economic forecasting. To date, research on economic forecasting has concentrated on local combination methods, which handle separate but related forecasting tasks in...