Inflation forecast uncertainty

European Economic Review

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1037-1059

  Giordani, Paolo ^a   Söderlind, Paul ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GDP growth; Survey data; Survey of professional forecasters; T GARCH; VAR

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; FORECASTING METHOD; INFLATION; UNCERTAINTY ROLE;

EID: 0242636673     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(02)00236-2     Document Type: Article

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