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How good are social scientists at forecasting? (nber.org)
4 points by oatsandsugar 16 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


[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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