Among a variety of small area estimation methods, one popular approach for the estimation of linear and non …-linear indicators is the empirical best predictor. However, parameter estimation using standard maximum likelihood methods is not … is often the case for income variables. Therefore, this work proposes an estimation method, which enables the estimation …

The monetary authorities need a future measure of inflation trend to keep on tracking the inflation on target. Many … alternatives of the core inflation measure have appeared in the recent literature pretending to avoid the deficiencies of the usual … headline inflation index as a predictor. This price index is defined as some weighted average of the individual price change of …