| Title | Evaluating the Rationality of Managers' Sales Forecasts |
|---|---|
| Published in | Report / Econometric Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam, p.1-34. ISSN 1566-7294. |
| Author | Bruijn, de B. (Bert); Franses, Ph.H.B.F. (Philip Hans) |
| Date | 2011-11-14 |
| Language | English |
| Type | working paper |
| Publisher | Econometric Institute |
| Abstract | This paper deals with the analysis and evaluation of sales forecasts of managers, given that it is unknown how they constructed their forecasts. Our goal is to find out whether these forecasts are rational. To examine deviations from rationality, we argue that one has to approximate how the managers could have generated the forecasts. We describe several ways to construct these approximate expressions. The analysis of a large set of a single manager's forecasts for sales of pharmaceutical products illustrates the practical usefulness of our methodology. |
| Publication | http://hdl.handle.net/1765/26867 |
| Persistent Identifier | urn:NBN:nl:ui:15-1765/26867 |
| Metadata | XML |
| Repository | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
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