Forecasting manufacturing output growth using firm-level survey data

Manchester School

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 479-499

  Mitchell, James ^a   Smith, Richard J ^b   Weale, Martin R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 22544474239     PISSN: 14636786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9957.2005.00455.x     Document Type: Article

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