Forecasting the global electronics cycle with leading indicators: A Bayesian VAR approach

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 301-315

  Chow, Hwee Kwan ^a   Choy, Keen Meng ^b  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Global electronics cyle; Leading indicators; VAR

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645735904     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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