Preliminary data and econometric forecasting: An application with the bank of Italy quarterly model

Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-23

  Busetti, Fabio ^a  

^a BANK OF ITALY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bank of Italy Quarterly Econometric Model; Macroeconomic forecasting; Preliminary data

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATE SPACE METHODS;

BANK OF ITALY; MACROECONOMIC FORECASTING; PRELIMNARY DATA; QUARTERLY ECONOMETRIC MODEL;

TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

EID: 31644444540     PISSN: 02776693     EISSN: 1099131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/for.973     Document Type: Review

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