Guest editors' introduction: Information in Economic Forecasting

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 67, Issue SUPPL., 2005, Pages 713-753

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 29144517437     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2005.00139.x     Document Type: Review

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