Copycats and common swings: The impact of the use of forecasts in information sets

IMF Staff Papers

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 4-21

  Gallo, Giampiero M ^c   Granger, Clive W J ^a   Jeon, Yongil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0039145476     PISSN: 10207635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
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