The forecasting performance of the OECD composite leading indicators for France, Germany, Italy, and the U.K.

A Companion to Economic Forecasting

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 386-408

  Camba Mendez, Gonzalo ^a   Kapetanios, George ^b   Weale, Martin R ^c   Smith, Richard J ^d  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

^b BANK OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1002/9780470996430.ch17     Document Type: Chapter

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