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limited; prediction based upon this series is typically outperformed by naive, non-indicator methods. The information content …
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modelling errors, since precaution reduces the power of its instruments by these variances. Also, prudence implies less weight … to new uncertain observations that are less important for welfare and introduces a bias in prediction. Prudent … less strongly to new measurements of the output gap. Prudence attenuates this policy reaction and biases the prediction of …
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This paper develops a method for producing current-quarter forecasts of GDP growth with a (possibly large) range of available within-the-quarter monthly observations of economic indicators, such as employment and industrial production, and financial indicators, such as stock prices and interest...
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The paper analyses the appointment of the European Commission as a strategic game between members of the EU's Council of Ministers and the European Parliament. The focal equilibrium results in Commissioners that duplicate policy preferences of national Council representatives. Different internal...
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representation (PR), was the desire of the Conservative and Liberal parties to come up with a way of credibly dividing power to avoid … problem with majoritarian electoral institutions was that they did not allocate power in a way which matched the support of … with the rising support for socialism and the desire to divide power more broadly. Our findings shed new light on the …
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where the survival of the system is at stake; that is, at its core. Here, power becomes salient. This helps explain why …
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