Bridge models to forecast the euro area GDP

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 447-460

  Baffǐgi, Alberto ^a   Golinelli, Roberto ^b   Parigi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a Research Department   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bridge model; Out of sample forecasting accuracy; Short term GDP forecast for the euro area

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344567386     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2070(03)00067-0     Document Type: Article

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