Forecasting macroeconomic variables for the new member states

The Central and Eastern European Countries and the European Union

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 108-134

  Banerjee, Anindya ^a,b   Marcellino, Massimiliano ^c   Masten, Igor ^d  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b WADHAM COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

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EID: 84928303186     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511493515.005     Document Type: Chapter

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