A small-scale DSGE model for forecasting the South African economy

South African Journal of Economics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 179-193

  Liu, Guangling ^a   Gupta, Rangan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

BVAR Forecasts; DSGE Forecasts; DSGE Model; Forecast Accuracy; VAR and BVAR Model; VAR Forecasts

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; FORECASTING METHOD; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34547423865     PISSN: 00382280     EISSN: 18136982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1813-6982.2007.00118.x     Document Type: Article

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