Combining forecast densities from VARs with uncertain instabilities

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 621-634

  Jore, Anne Sofie ^a   Mitchell, James ^b   Vahey, Shaun P ^c  

^a NORGES BANK   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 77953507113     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: 10991255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.1162     Document Type: Article

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