The use and abuse of real-time data in economic forecasting

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 618-628

  Koenig, Evan F ^a   Dolmas, Sheila ^a   Piger, Jeremy ^a  

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EID: 0242428152     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465303322369768     Document Type: Article

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