Real-time forecasting of inflation and output growth with autoregressive models in the presence of data revisions

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 458-477

  Clements, Michael P ^a   Galvão, Ana Beatriz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84875648894     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: 10991255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.2274     Document Type: Article

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