Twenty-five years ago, the International Institute of Forecasters was established “to bridge the gap between theory and practice.” Its primary vehicle was the Journal of Forecasting and is now the International Journal of Forecasting. The Institute emphasizes empirical comparisons of...

An avalanche of articles has described the testing of a time series for the presence of unit roots. However, economic model builders have disagreed on the value of testing and how best to operationalise the tests. Sometimes the characterization of the series is an end in itself. More often, unit...

Este trabajo presenta una estimación de los efectos de cambios en la estructura demográfica en las tendencias de medio plazo de las principales variables macroeconómicas. Para ello se utilizan datos de panel de 21 economías de la OCDE que, mediante un VAR, permiten cuantificar tanto los...