Inflation forecasting for aggregates of the EU-7 and EU-14 with Bayesian VAR models

Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-165

  Bikker, J A ^a,b  

^a European Monetary Institute   (Germany)

^b DE NEDERLANDSCHE BANK   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bayesian; EU aggregates; Forecasting; Macro economics; Vector autoregression

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043254330     PISSN: 02776693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-131X(199803)17:2<147::AID-FOR674>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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