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Consensus Forecasts and Inefficient Information Aggregation
Crowe, Christopher W. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
growth forecasts and new methodological insights, this paper finds that: consensus forecasts are inefficient as predicted … adjustment reduces forecast errors by 5 percent. Similar results are found using US nominal GDP forecasts. The paper also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008646415
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Term spread, inflation and economic growth in emerging markets : evidence from Malaysia
Majid, Muhamed Zulkhibri Abdul; Mohamed Shukri Abdul Rani - In: Review of accounting & finance 15 (2016) 3, pp. 372-392
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011607987
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Information Rigidity in Growth Forecasts; Some Cross-Country Evidence
Tamirisa, Natalia T.; Loungani, Prakash; Stekler, Herman O. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
We document information rigidity in forecasts for real GDP growth in 46 countries over the past two decades. We investigate: (i) if rigidities are lower around turning points in the economy, such as in times of recessions and crises; (ii) if rigidities differ across countries, particularly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009151222
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New Indicators for Tracking Growth in Real Time
Matheson, Troy - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
-of-sample forecasting exercise, we find that the indicators generally produce good GDP growth forecasts relative to a range of time series …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008876579
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Measuring the Effect of Foreign Aidon Growth and Poverty Reduction or the Pitfalls of Interaction Variables
Polak, J. J.; Roy, Joydeep; Pattillo, Catherine A. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
significant effect on the dependent variable. That assumption is not justified in its generality, and this paper develops two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005604863
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Are there Negative Returns to Aid? a Comment
Nkusu, Mwanza - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
the possible existence of what has been labeled an "aid Laffer curve." This short paper highlights the model's weaknesses …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005604870
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The ICT environment, financial sector and economic growth: a cross-country analysis
Shamim, Farkhanda - In: Journal of Economic Studies 34 (2007) September, pp. 352-370
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test the hypothesis that, given the financial development of an economy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005081180
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Information and communications technology: a non-income influence on economic well being
Gani, Azmat; Clemes, Michael D. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 33 (2006) September, pp. 649-663
Purpose – This paper tests the hypothesis that more information via higher levels of diffusion of ICT: a non … infrastructure given its beneficial welfare effects. Originality/value – The paper examines the effect of ICT on well being. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005081334
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The UAE growth surge: have information technology and human capital contributed?
Al-Khateeb, Faisal B.; Darrat, Ali F.; Elkhal, Khaled - In: Studies in Economics and Finance 24 (2007) September, pp. 297-306
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which information technology (IT) and human capital … significant short-run effect on real growth. Originality/value – The paper is of value by demonstrating that efforts to invigorate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005008711
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ICT, Financial Inclusion, and Growth Evidence from African Countries
Kpodar, Kangni; Andrianaivo, Mihasonirina - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
This paper studies the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT), especially mobile phone rollout, on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009019587