A coincident index, common factors, and monthly real GDP

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-46

  Mariano, Roberto S ^a   Murasawa, Yasutomo ^b  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Osaka City University   (Japan)

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EID: 72949114867     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2009.00567.x     Document Type: Article

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