Chapter 16 Leading Indicators

Handbook of Economic Forecasting

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 879-960

  Marcellino, Massimiliano ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

business cycles; coincident indicators; forecasting; leading indicators; turning points

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649541129     PISSN: 15740706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0706(05)01016-5     Document Type: Review

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