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Measuring the market risk of freight rates: A forecast combination approach. / Argyropoulos, Christos; Panopoulou, Ekaterini.
In: Journal of Forecasting, Vol. 37, No. 2, 01.03.2018, p. 201-224.

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Argyropoulos C, Panopoulou E. Measuring the market risk of freight rates: A forecast combination approach. Journal of Forecasting. 2018 Mar 1;37(2):201-224. Epub 2017 Aug 1. doi: 10.1002/for.2485

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Argyropoulos, Christos ; Panopoulou, Ekaterini. / Measuring the market risk of freight rates : A forecast combination approach. In: Journal of Forecasting. 2018 ; Vol. 37, No. 2. pp. 201-224.

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