The value of probability forecasts as predictors of cyclical downturns

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-14

  Lahiri, Kajal ^a   Wang, George J ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; FORECASTING METHOD; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY;

EID: 33845530150     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850500425386     Document Type: Article

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