Energy consumption, survey data and the prediction of industrial production in Italy: A comparison and combination of different models

Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 419-440

  Marchetti, Domenico J ^a,b,c   Parigi, Giuseppe ^a,d,e  

^a BANK OF ITALY   (Italy)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Combination of forecasts; Forecasting; Industrial production; Smooth transition regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011667855     PISSN: 02776693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-131x(200009)19:5<419::aid-for749>3.0.co;2-j     Document Type: Review

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