Statistical issues in macroeconomic modelling

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 193-213

  Jansen, Eilev S ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORGES BANK   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aggregate consumption; Dynamic modelling; Encompassing; Haavelmo distribution; Macroeconometric modelling; Norges Bank model RIMINI; Role of statistics; Sequential conditioning and marginalization; Wages and prices

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036014590     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9469.00280     Document Type: Conference Paper

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