Conditional forecasts in dynamic multivariate models

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 639-651

  Waggoner, Daniel F ^a   Zha, Tao ^a  

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EID: 0040122114     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465399558508     Document Type: Article

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