How to support a one-handed economist: The role of modalisation in economic forecasting

English for Specific Purposes

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 200-216

  Donohue, James P ^a,b  

^a Hillcroft College ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Hillcroft College   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33645057938     PISSN: 08894906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2005.02.009     Document Type: Article

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