The state of macroeconomic forecasting

Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 435-468

  Fildes, Robert ^a   Stekler, Herman ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cliometrics; Econometric models; Forecast evaluation; Industry structure; Macroeconomic forecasting; Rationality; Structural breaks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346272951     PISSN: 01640704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0164-0704(02)00055-1     Document Type: Article

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