Evaluating a model by forecast performance

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 67, Issue SUPPL., 2005, Pages 931-956

  Clements, Michael P ^a   Hendry, David F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 28744437491     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2005.00146.x     Document Type: Article

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