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trends and stochastic cycles in addition to deterministic terms such as linear and non-linear trends. We examine four US … be captured accurately by a model incorporating both stochastic trends and stochastic cycles that allows for some degree … macro series, namely annual and quarterly real GDP and GDP per capita. The results indicate that the behaviour of US GDP can …
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We estimate Okun's law, the negative relationship between output and the unemployment rate, at the sector level for the US, the UK, Japan, and Switzerland to test several hypotheses that may explain why the aggregate Okun's coeffcients are different across countries. Specifically, we show that...
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calculate quarterly regional GDP estimates for the period between 1995 to 2021, thereby improving the regional database for … cyclical concordance. Long-run trends are found to vary tremendously, with positive developments in economically strong regions … and flat or even negative trends for economically much weaker states …
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integration of the cyclical structure implies that cycles have a periodicity of about 8 years, but it is almost insignificant in …
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suggested model includes linear and non-linear time trends, and stationary and nonstationary processes based on integer and …
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This paper documents a comparative application of algorithms to deal with the problem of missing values in higher frequency data sets. We refer to Swiss business tendency survey (BTS) data which are conducted in both monthly and quarterly frequency, where an information sub-set is collected at...
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This paper presents a stress indicator for the Euro-zone that summarizes developments of trends and cycles in real GDP … on the trend growth rates of GDP and consumer prices as well as on the related cyclical components. The main results are …
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permanent effects. Persistence is highest in the case of Brussels, Amsterdam and London. The presence of negative trends in …
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This paper examines trends and persistence in the Greenland ice sheet mass by applying fractional integration methods …
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By examining discrepancies between officially reported GDP growth figures and the actual economic growth implied by … satellite-based night time light (NTL) density, we investigate whether democracies manipulate officially reported GDP figures … the incumbent. These results are robust to allowing the elasticity of official GDP statistics to NTL to be country …
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