A VAR Forecasting Model of a Regional Economy: Its Construction and Comparative Accuracy

International Regional Science Review

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1986, Pages 113-126

  Kinal, Terrence ^a   Ratner, Jonathan ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b US General Accounting Office   (United States)

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EID: 0022905528     PISSN: 01600176     EISSN: 15526925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016001768601000202     Document Type: Article

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