Forecast Pooling for European Macroeconomic Variables

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-112

  Marcellino, Massimiliano ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

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EID: 1342324944     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2004.00071.x     Document Type: Review

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