Quarterly Journal of Economics Vol. 72 No. 1 1958

Forecasting Uses of Anticipatory Data on Investment and Sales

F. Modigliani¹; H. M. Weingartner²

¹ Harvard University Press · ² University of Chicago

Abstract

I. Introduction, 23; purpose of the analysis, 23; nature of the data, 25. — II. Direct forecasting value of the anticipatory data, 26; capital outlay plans, 26; sales anticipations, 34. — III. Errors of sales anticipations and the realization of investment plans — an example of the realization function approach, 36; statement of the problem, 36; formulation of the model, 39; empirical results, 43; some analytical implications, 47; some forecasting implications, 50. — Appendix, 53.

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10.2307/1884188

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72

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1

Pages

23

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