Calling recessions in real time

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1006-1026

  Hamilton, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Markov switching; Real time data; Turning points

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052152529     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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