Opening the black box: Structural factor models with large cross sections

Econometric Theory

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1319-1347

  Forni, Mario ^a   Giannone, Domenico ^b   Lippi, Marco ^c   Reichlin, Lucrezia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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EID: 74149090687     PISSN: 02664666     EISSN: 14694360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026646660809052X     Document Type: Article

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