Filters constructed on the basis of standard local polynomial regression (LPR) methods have been used in the literature to estimate the business cycle. We provide a frequency domain interpretation of the contrast filter obtained by the difference of a series and its long-run LPR component and...

La estimación de los efectos del ciclo económico sobre la capacidad de financiación de las Administraciones Públicas desempeña un papel fundamental en el análisis de la política fiscal en tiempo real, especialmente en el marco del Pacto de Estabilidad y Crecimiento (PEC). Este artículo...

The recent burst of the house price bubble in the United States and its spillover effects on real economies worldwide has rekindled the interest in the role of housing in the business cycle. In this paper, we investigate the relationships between housing cycles among the four major euro area...