Sectoral Survey-based Confidence Indicators for Europe

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-206

  Carriero, Andrea ^a   Marcellino, Massimiliano ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

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EID: 79951758778     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2010.00609.x     Document Type: Article

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