Information in the revision process of real-time datasets

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 455-467

  Corradi, Valentina ^a   Fernandez, Andres ^b,c   Swanson, Norman R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Bias; Efficiency; Final; Generically comprehensive tests; Preliminary; Rationality; Real time data

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349921327     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/jbes.2009.07209     Document Type: Article

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