Testing forecast accuracy

A Companion to Economic Forecasting

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 284-298

  Mariano, Roberto S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1002/9780470996430.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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