Frontiers of real-time data analysis

Journal of Economic Literature

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 72-100

  Croushore, Dean ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

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EID: 79953834517     PISSN: 00220515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jel.49.1.72     Document Type: Article

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