Comment on "Local Projections or VARs? A Primer for Macroeconomists"

Christiane Baumeister
Published Date
Copyright 2026
ISBN 9780226858357
DOI 10.1086/738946
NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2025, volume 40
CONFERENCE HELD April 10-11, 2025
Book: NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2025, volume 40
Book editors: John V. Leahy & Valerie A. Ramey
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press
Series: Macroeconomics Annual
Commenting On: Local Projections or Vector Autoregressions? A Primer for Macroeconomists

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