This paper compares the relative performance of man and machine in being able to predict outcomes for entrants in a business plan competition in Nigeria. The first human predictions are business plan scores from judges, and the second are simple ad hoc prediction models used by researchers. The paper compares these (out-of-sample) performances with those of three machine learning approaches. The results show that (i) business plan scores from judges...
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2017/12/12
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Рабочий документ в рамках исследования вопросов политики
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WPS8271
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2017/12/12
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Man vs. machine in predicting successful entrepreneurs : evidence from a business plan competition in Nigeria
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machine learning