Leading indicators for euro area government deficits

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 259-275

  Pérez, Javier J ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

European Monetary Union; Fiscal forecasting and monitoring; General Government deficit; Leading indicators

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249674994     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2007.01.007     Document Type: Article

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