The predictive failure of the Baba, Hendry and Starr model of M1

Journal of Economics and Business

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 477-507

  Hess, Gregory D ^a   Jones, Christopher S ^b   Porter, Richard D ^c  

^a OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Division of Monetary Affairs Federal Reserve Board   (United States)

Author keywords

LSE econometric method; Money demand; Volatility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008595462     PISSN: 00129933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0148-6195(98)00020-4     Document Type: Article

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