Combining forecasts from nested models

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 303-329

  Clark, Todd E ^a   McCracken, Michael W ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 63849144441     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2009.00547.x     Document Type: Article

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