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This paper uses sectoral data to study survey-based diffusion indices designed to capture changes in the business cycle in real time. The empirical framework recognizes that when answering survey questions regarding their firm's output, respondents potentially rely on infrequently updated...
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Die Kumulation von Haushaltsstichproben steht auf der Agenda einer europäischen Neuordnung von Haushaltsbefragungen. Im Rahmen des Projektes Amtliche Statistik und sozioökonomische Fragestellungen des Statistischen Bundesamtes und in Abstimmung mit den EUROSTAT-Erfordernissen für neue...
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The present paper offers a careful description of empirical identification of possible multiple changes in regime. We apply recently developed tools designed to select between regime-switching models among a broad class of linear and nonlinear regression models and provide a discussion of the...
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The majority of popular simulated test marketing models (STM) are calibrated against empirical data obtained from the mature markets of North America and Western Europe. Not surprisingly, these models achieve much lower accuracy when directly applied in relatively unexplored emerging markets,...
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We estimate a New-Keynesian macro model accommodating regime-switching behavior in monetary policy and in macro shocks. Key to our estimation strategy is the use of survey - based expectations for inflation and output. We identify accommodating monetary policy before 1980, with activist monetary...
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This paper presents an optimal spatial sampling (OSS) design for fielding the demographic and health. The proposed design (a) develops a context specific sampling frame at a fine spatial resolution, (b) captures maximum spatial autocorrelation-controlled semivariance in the selected attribute (a...
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Solving optimization problems becomes a central theme not only on operational research but also on several research areas like robotic, medicine, economic etc. The number of support decision problems that can be formalized as an optimization problem is growing rapidly. This study represents a...
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Internet, par sa nature globale, apporte de nouvelles opportunités de recherche et d'affaires dans des contextes multiculturels. Or, une situation exolingue accroît le risque d’imprécision ou de confusion linguistiques. Les auteurs de cet article présentent une synthèse des méthodes...
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Qualitative surveys enjoy huge popularity among business cycle analysts and research institutes since they provide fast information on the stance of the economy. However, in order to derive quantitative statements researchers have to rely on assumptions about the relation between quantitative...
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Highly progressive tax systems entail disincentives for private economic activity and, thus, may hamper potential growth. Nevertheless, attempts to introduce alternative tax schedules regularly encounter significant political resistance. The aim of this paper is to widen the understanding of the...
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