This paper studies the informational content of the slope of the yield curve as a predictor of recessions in the euro area. In particular, the historical predictive power of ten yield spreads, for different segments of the yield curve, is tested using a probit model. The yield spread between the...

Summary of the Environmental issues series No 12: First indicator-based Term (Transport and Environment Reporting Mechanism) report. Contents a description of the TERM incl. process and outputs. Themes: description and selection of 31 indicators benchmarked against a number of policy objectives...

This, the third of the European Environment Agency's Environmental signals reports - Benchmarking the Millennium, provides an insight into the state of Europe's environment and is targeted at high-level policy makers in EEA member countries and the European Union, as well as the wider public....

Progress Report September 1999 Work programme of WG 3. WG shall elaborate common calculation and measurements methods for noise from road, rail, air traffic.

Progress towards a more sustainable transport system has become imperative in the European Union (EU), as in many other parts of the world. Transport therefore figures prominently in the EU's Sixth environment Action programme (6EAP) and Sustainable Development Strategy. At its June 2001 summit...

Progress towards a more sustainable transport system has become imperative in the European Union (EU), as in many other parts of the world. Transport therefore figures prominently in the EU's Sixth environment Action programme (6EAP) and Sustainable Development Strategy. At its June 2001 summit...

Summary of the Environmental issues series No 12: First indicator-based Term (Transport and Environment Reporting Mechanism) report. Contents a description of the TERM incl. process and outputs. Themes: description and selection of 31 indicators benchmarked against a number of policy objectives...

This third report developed under the EU's transport and environment reporting mechanism (TERM) is the first to include the 13 accession countries (ACs). As in previous reports, the TERM indicators are used to answer a set of policy questions related to the integration of environmental concerns...