In search of leading indicators of economic activity in Germany

Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 277-297

  Bandholz, Harm ^a   Funke, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Germany; Leading indicators; Markov switching; Turning points

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY;

ECONOMIC FORECASTINGS;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 0041695922     PISSN: 02776693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/for.862     Document Type: Article

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