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Factor based Composite Indicators for the Italian Economy

Crosilla, Luciana; Leproux, Solange; Malgarini, Marco; … - Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT) - 2009

A factor based approach is often used to build Composite Indicators (CI) from qualitative data stemming from Business and Consumers Survey (BCS). Bruno and Malgarini (2002) and Gayer and Genet (2006) have used factor analysis to synthesize the information contained in the balances of the various...

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Les cycles économiques des pays de l'UEMOA: synchrones ou déconnectés?

Gammadigbé, Vigninou - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

Using the annual data of real GDP from 1970 to 2010, this paper examines the synchronization of business cycles in the WAEMU. Two methods are used. First we calculate the cross correlations between cyclical components of real GDP of the different economies of the Union. The study then evaluate...

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Simultaneously modeling the volatility of the growth rate of real GDP and determining business cycle turning points: Evidence from the U.S., Canada and the UK

Chen, Shyh-Wei - In: Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (MATCOM) 71 (2006) 2, pp. 87-102

This paper investigates the volatility of the rates of output growth for the U.S., Canada and the UK. We empirically … characterize the volatility of the growth rate of real GDP and, at the same time, we hope we can successfully identify business … cycle turning points. The empirical results show that there have been structural changes in the volatility of output growth …

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Endogenous growth, monetary shocks and nominal rigidities

Annicchiarico, Barbara; Pelloni, Alessandra; Rossi, Lorenza - In: Economics Letters 113 (2011) 2, pp. 103-107

nominal rigidities, the shock persistence and the type of Taylor rule affect the relationship between monetary volatility and …

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Government Size and Business Cycle Volatility; How Important Are Credit Constraints?

Leibrecht, Markus; Scharler, Johann - 2012

In this paper we analyze how the availability of credit in uences the relationship between government size as a proxy for scal stabilization policy and the amplitude of business cycle uctuations in a sample of advanced OECD countries. Interpreting relatively low loan-tovalue ratios as an...

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Globalisierung und Arbeitsmarktinstitutionen

Potrafke, Niklas - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 66 (2013) 04, pp. 32-35

Viele Kritiker gehen davon aus, dass im Zuge der Globalisierung der Kündigungsschutz und die Arbeitslosenunterstützung reduziert und gesetzliche Mindestlöhne gesenkt bzw. gar nicht erst eingeführt werden. Eine neue Studie, die den Einfluss von Globalisierung auf die Arbeitsmarktinstitutionen...

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