The accuracy of IMF and OECD forecasts for G7 countries

Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-63

  Pons, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Forecast evaluation; Macroeconomic forecast

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001875522     PISSN: 02776693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-131X(200001)19:1<53::AID-FOR736>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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