Man vs. machine in predicting successful entrepreneurs : evidence from a business plan competition in Nigeria (anglais)

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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Mckenzie,David J.;

Sansone,Dario;
Date du document
2017/12/12
Type de document
Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
Numéro du rapport
WPS8271
Volume
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Pays
Nigéria,
Région
Western and Central Africa,
Date de publication
2017/12/12
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Titre du rapport
Man vs. machine in predicting successful entrepreneurs : evidence from a business plan competition in Nigeria
Mots clé
machine learning

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