Predicting U.S. recessions with dynamic binary response models

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 777-791

  Kauppi, Heikki ^a   Saikkonen, Pentti ^a  

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EID: 55549127175     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.90.4.777     Document Type: Article

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