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Short-term estimates of euro area real GDP by means of monthly data

Rünstler, Gerhard; Sédillot, Franck - 2003

The first official data releases of quarterly real GDP for the euro area are published about eight weeks after the end of the reference quarters. Meanwhile, ongoing economic developments must be assessed from various, more readily available, monthly indicators. We examine in the context of...

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Macroeconomic modelling of monetary policy

Klaeffling, Matt - 2003

This paper proposes a new paradigm for the analysis of monetary policy. From an econometric point of view this new approach is just as easy to implement as reduced form analysis, but is robust to the Lucas critique. It requires no explicit prior theory and yet it encompasses all standard DSGE...

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Forecasting euro area inflation

Hubrich, Kirstin - 2003

Monitoring and forecasting price developments in the euro area is essential in the light of the second pillar of the ECBu0092s monetary policy strategy. This study analyses whether the forecasting accuracy of forecasting aggregate euro area inﬂation can be improved by aggregating forecasts of...

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Public finances and long-term growth in Europe

De Ávila, Diego Romero; Strauch, Rolf - 2003

In Lisbon the European Council proclaimed a European growth strategy. It considers an average economic u0093growth rate of around 3 percent as a realistic prospect for the coming yearsu0094 and assigns public finances an important role in the process of achieving this goal. This paper addresses...

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Unemployment, hysteresis and transition

León-Ledesma, Miguel; McAdam, Peter - 2003

We quantify the degree of persistence in unemployment rates of transition countries using a variety of methods benchmarked against the EU. In part of the paper, we work with the concept of linear u0093Hysteresisu0094 as described by the presence of unit roots in unemployment. Since this is...

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Frequency domain principal components estimation of fractionally cointegrated processes

Morana, Claudio - 2004

In this paper we study the zero frequency spectral properties of fractionally cointegrated long memory processes and introduce a new frequency domain principal components estimator of the cointegration space and the factor loading matrix for the long memory factors. We find that for fractionally...

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Roma in an Expanding Europe: Breaking the Poverty Cycle

Ringold, Dena; Orenstein, Mitchell A.; Wilkens, Erika - 2003

Poverty among Roma remains one of the most pressing issues for Central and Eastern European states as they move toward … nature of Roma poverty-a multifaceted challenge that can only be addressed by a policy approach that attends to all … overnight. Indeed, poverty among Roma communities in some West European countries highlights the scope of the challenge …

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La pauvreté: Premières réflexions sur les moyens de lutte et pistes pour laction

Caremier, Bénédicte; Ioannides, Isabelle; Milner, … - 2000

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Linking Poverty Reduction and Environmental Management Policy Challenges and Opportunities

Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion Entwicklung; … - 2002

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Evaluation of EC support to partner countries in the area of energy : Final report

Aide à la Décision Economique - 2008

developing countries as a means of reducing poverty; - Securing energy supplies to the EU; - Improving nuclear safety in the … Former Soviet Union (FSU). The first goal is increasingly perceived as an important dimension of the fight against poverty …

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