Averaging forecasts from VARs with uncertain instabilities

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-29

  Clark, Todd E ^a   McCracken, Michael W ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 74349088391     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: 10991255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.1127     Document Type: Article

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