Forecasting U.S. mortality: A comparison of Box-Jenkins ARIMA and structural time series models

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 127-144

  Carter, Lawrence R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 0030533381     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.1996.tb02334.x     Document Type: Article

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