Assessment criteria for output gap estimates

Economic Modelling

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 529-562

  Camba Mendez, Gonzalo ^a   Rodriguez Palenzuela, Diego ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forecasting inflation; Output gap estimates; Time series models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037401314     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-9993(01)00097-9     Document Type: Article

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