Structural breaks, ARIMA model and Finnish inflation forecasts

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 203-230

  Junttila, Juha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

AR(I)MA models; Forecasting; Structural breaks; Time variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035315214     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2070(00)00080-7     Document Type: Article

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