Detecting and predicting forecast breakdowns

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 669-705

  Giacomini, Raffaellea ^a   Rossi, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; INFLATION; MODEL; MONETARY POLICY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

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EID: 64149101746     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-937X.2009.00545.x     Document Type: Article

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