8 Forecast evaluation and combination

Handbook of Statistics

Volumn 14, Issue , 1996, Pages 241-268

  Diebold, Francis X ^a   Lopez, Jose A ^a  

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EID: 70350347433     PISSN: 01697161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7161(96)14010-4     Document Type: Review

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