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A Simple Method for the Construction of Empirical Confidence Limits for Economic Forecasts

W. H. Williams Statistics and Data Analysis Research Department, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, N. J., 07974, USA
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M. L. Goodman Statistics and Data Analysis Research Department, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, N. J., 07974, USA
Pages 752-754 | Published online: 05 Apr 2012

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