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Time series forecasts of the construction labour market in Hong Kong: the Box‐Jenkins approach

James M. W. Wong Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong KongCorrespondence[email protected]
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Albert P. C. Chan Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong
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Y. H. Chiang Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong
Pages 979-991 | Published online: 17 Feb 2007

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