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A bottom-up approach for forecasting GDP in a data-rich environment

Francisco DiasNOVA School of Business and Economics, Banco de Portugal, Lisboa, Portugal
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Maximiano PinheiroNOVA School of Business and Economics, Banco de Portugal, Lisboa, Portugal
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António RuaNOVA School of Business and Economics, Banco de Portugal, Lisboa, PortugalCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 718-723 | Published online: 06 Sep 2017

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