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property of consistency in aggregation. This property, however, is indispensable for economic studies that attempt to …. The present paper introduces a thoroughly motivated formal definition of consistency in aggregation and proves that …, contrary to general perception, the three superlative price indices can be considered as consistent in aggregation. Furthermore …
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We introduce a Divisia monetary aggregate for the euro area that accounts for the heterogeneity across member countries both, in terms of interest rates and the decomposition of monetary assets. In most of the euro area countries, the difference between the growth rates of the country-specific...
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We compile data for 186 countries (1919 - 2016) and apply different aggregation methods to create new democracy indices …. We observe that most of the available aggregation techniques produce indices that are often too favorable for autocratic …
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The paper presents a general theory of the aggregation of prices and quantities that unifies the field and relates …
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This paper considers the problem of aggregation in the case of large linear dynamic panels, where each micro unit is … Pesaran (2003), an optimal aggregate function is derived, and the limiting behavior of the aggregation error is investigated … which "observed" inflation persistence at the aggregate level is due to aggregation and/or common unobserved factors. Our …
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This paper considers the problem of aggregation in the case of large linear dynamic panels, where each micro unit is … Pesaran (2003), an optimal aggregate function is derived, and the limiting behavior of the aggregation error is investigated … which "observed" inflation persistence at the aggregate level is due to aggregation and/or common unobserved factors. Our …
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While there has been some debate over the usefulness of monetary aggregates, there has been surprisingly little discussion of the actual implications for liquidity. In this paper, we provide an approximation of the liquidity development in six Euro area countries from 2003 to 2012. We show that...
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examining the consequences of temporal aggregation in (possibly) Granger causal systems of variables. Our approach is to compare … asymptotic theory based on large aggregation intervals we derive conditions for a correspondence between both concepts. These … results allow us to differentiate between spurious contemporaneous correlation arising because of aggregation, and true …
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aggregated observations (see Working (1960)). This paper investigates the effect of aggregation on the relation between variables … (cointegration). It will be shown that aggregation does not distort the cointegration relation while some other features of the data … cointegration analysis seems to be robust against various aggregation strategies. -- cointegration ; aggregation ; time series …
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equal. Some variables are observable from market data without large efforts, some are genuinely unobservable, and some can …
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