Priors from general equilibrium models for VARs

International Economic Review

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 643-673

  Del Negro, Marco ^a   Schorfheide, Frank ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 2442562228     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2354.2004.00139.x     Document Type: Article

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