Forecasting OECD industrial turning points using unobserved components models with business survey data

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 207-227

  García Ferrer, Antonio ^a   Bujosa Brun, Marcos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Turning point forecasting, Unobserved components and qualitative survey data

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041708274     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2070(99)00049-7     Document Type: Article

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