Combining economic forecasts through information measures

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 899-903

  Moreno, Blanca ^a   López, Ana Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

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Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC THEORY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD;

EID: 34848875704     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850600689964     Document Type: Article

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