Using Leading Indicators to Forecast U.S. Home Sales in a Bayesian Vector Autoregressive Framework

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 191-205

  Dua, Pami ^a   Miller, Stephen M ^b   Smyth, David J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian vector autoregressive models; Forecast accuracy; Home sales; Leading indicators

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033446071     PISSN: 08955638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007718725609     Document Type: Article

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