The Rationality of EIA Forecasts under Symmetric and Asymmetric Loss

dc.creatorAuffhammer, Maximilian
dc.date2017-04-01T19:58:58Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-09T03:49:25Z
dc.descriptionThe United States Energy Information Administration publishes annual forecasts of nationally aggregated energy consumption, production, prices, intensity and GDP. These government issued forecasts often serve as reference cases in the calibration of simulation and econometric models, which climate and energy policy are based on. This study tests for rationality of published EIA forecasts under symmetric and asymmetric loss. We find strong empirical evidence of asymmetric loss for oil, coal and gas prices as well as natural gas consumption, GDP and energy intensity.
dc.identifierdoi:10.22004/ag.econ.25017
dc.identifierhttps://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/25017/files/wp051009.pdf
dc.identifierhttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/25017
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/540438
dc.languageeng
dc.publisher
dc.sourcehttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/25017
dc.titleThe Rationality of EIA Forecasts under Symmetric and Asymmetric Loss
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