On the use of dispersion measures from NAPM surveys in business cycle forecasting

Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 1993, Pages 239-253

  Dasgupta, Susmita ^a   Lahiri, Kajal ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclical turning point; Inventory dispersion; Purchasing managers' survey; Qualitative response; Sectoral variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038833635     PISSN: 02776693     EISSN: 1099131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/for.3980120306     Document Type: Article

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