Does Forecast Combination Improve Norges Bank Inflation Forecasts?

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 163-179

  Bjørnland, Hilde C ^a   Gerdrup, Karsten ^b   Jore, Anne Sofie ^b   Smith, Christie ^c   Thorsrud, Leif Anders ^a  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^b NORGES BANK   (Norway)

^c RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84856787696     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2011.00639.x     Document Type: Article

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