Comparing Alternative Predictors Based on Large-Panel Factor Models

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 306-326

  D' Agostino, Antonello ^a   Giannone, Domenico ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

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EID: 84856769909     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2011.00642.x     Document Type: Article

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