Professional forecasters' views of permanent and transitory shocks to GDP

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 184-211

  Krane, Spencer D ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 79958131048     PISSN: 19457707     EISSN: 19457715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mac.3.1.184     Document Type: Article

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