Factor forecasts for the UK

Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 279-298

  Artis, Michael J ^a,b   Banerjee, Anindya ^a,d   Marcellino, Massimiliano ^b,c  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d WADHAM COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Factor models; Forecasts; Time series models

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VECTORS;

DATA SETS; FACTOR MODELS; FORECASTS; TIME-SERIES MODELS;

FORECASTING;

EID: 22944477736     PISSN: 02776693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/for.957     Document Type: Article

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