Forecasting with DSGE models: The role of nonlinearities

B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Pichler, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

DSGE models; Forecasting; Kalman filter; Nonlinearities; Particle filter

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749102239     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1690.1675     Document Type: Article

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