The reliability of real-time estimates of the euro area output gap

Economic Modelling

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1842-1856

  Marcellino, Massimiliano ^a   Musso, Alberto ^b  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Data revisions; Euro area; Output gap; Real time data

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956216022     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2011.03.014     Document Type: Article

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