Forecasting European GNP data through common factor models and other procedures

Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 225-244

  García Ferrer, Antonio ^a   Poncela, Pilar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Common factors; Forecasting; GNP data; Multiple time series; Unobserved components models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036641952     PISSN: 02776693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/for.829     Document Type: Article

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