The Past, Present, and Future of Macroeconomic Forecasting

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 175-192

  Diebold, Francis X ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0342873429     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.12.2.175     Document Type: Article

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