2020-09Diskussionspapier
On the Efficiency of German Growth Forecasts: An Empirical Analysis Using Quantile Random Forests
Foltas, Alexander; Pierdzioch, Christian
We use quantile random forests (QRF) to study the efficiency of the growth forecasts published by three leading German economic research institutes for the sample period from 1970 to 2017. To this end, we use a large array ...