Replicability, real-time data, and the science of economic research: FRED, ALFRED, and VDC

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-93

  Anderson, Richard G ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 33646414233     PISSN: 00149187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20955/r.88.81-94     Document Type: Review

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