It is well known that standard asymptotic theory is not valid or is extremely unreliable in models with identification problems or weak instruments [Dufour (1997, Econometrica), Staiger and Stock (1997, Econometrica), Wang and Zivot (1998, Econometrica), Stock and Wright (2000, Econometrica),...

The paper is concerned with time series analysis of GDP growth and returns of securities market indices. The main goal was to identify cyclical patterns in the examined series and to demonstrate correlation among the individual series. First part of the paper presents deals with fitting the...

This paper tests the hypothesis that real per capita income growth rates are random walks against the hypothesis implied by models of endogenous growth that they are stationary. Thereby the influence of the choice of different test statistics as well as the choice of the H0 on the test results...

In this study, PRISMA'98 -EIM's model for medium-term forecasting, policy analysis and scenario-building- is presented. PRISMA'98 is a macro-sectoral model of the Dutch economy; special feature of the model if the disaggregation of sectors of industry into groups of enterprises of different size.