Leading indicators for Euro-area inflation and GDP growth

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 67, Issue SUPPL., 2005, Pages 785-813

  Banerjee, Anindya ^a   Marcellino, Massimiliano ^b   Masten, Igor ^c  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

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EID: 29144439809     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2005.00141.x     Document Type: Review

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