How small firms forecast short-term employment: some survey evidence

The way in which small firms formulate their short-term employment forecasts is examined. Survey evidence based on the experience of some recently formed small businesses located in the North of England is used to test two models of forecast formation. The empirical results suggest that small firms use a linear adaptive model when forecasting.

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Year of publication:	1996
Authors:	Ashworth, John ; Johnson, Peter ; Conway, Cheryl
Published in:	Applied Economics Letters. - Taylor & Francis Journals, ISSN 1350-4851. - Vol. 3.1996, 8, p. 521-524
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis Journals

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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