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How good are social scientists at forecasting?
(
nber.org
)
4 points
by
oatsandsugar
204 days ago
1 comments
oatsandsugar
204 days ago
[This paper] show[s] that forecasters, on average, over-estimate treatment effects; however, the average forecast is quite predictive of the actual treatment effect.
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