Nowcasting the French index of industrial production: A comparison from bridge and factor models

Economic Modelling

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2174-2182

  Brunhes Lesage, Véronique ^a   Darné, Olivier ^a,b  

^a BANQUE DE FRANCE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

ARDL models; Factor models; Index of industrial production; Nowcasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865048525     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2012.04.011     Document Type: Article

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