This paper provides an analysis of asset allocation using univariate portfolio GARCH models from the Athens Stock Exchange. We use daily data for the period January 1997 to February 2005. Our analysis adopts the methodology due to Manganelli (2004) and we are able to recover from the univariate...

This paper summarizes the instrumentation system of confirmed and widely used methods in the evaluation of expenses on and benefits from the expansion of the EU to the East. Aspects of general equilibrium models are presented, of macroeconomic models (regressional), of sectorial models, of...

This paper documents a new stylized fact of the greater macroeconomic stability of the U.S. economy over the last two decades. Using 131 monthly time series, three popular statistical methods and the forecasts of the Federal Reserve's Greenbook and the Survey of Professional Forecasters, we show...

Der Aufsatz bietet eine Zusammenfassung der theoretischen Grundlagen der linearen Kleinst-Quadrate-Prognose im Kontext von stationären Prozessen, insbesondere im Zusammenhang von ARMA bzw. ARMAX Systemen. In einem ersten Schritt wird das Prognoseproblem unter der Voraussetzung, dass die zweiten...

Nonlinearly mean-reverting models can explain the high short-term volatility ofthe real exchange rate and the slow speed of adjustment to the equilibrium level. Anonlinearly mean-reverting model is used in this paper to fit to euro-dollar realexchange rate. This model implies that near...

We use the concept of predictability as presented in Diebold and Kilian (2001) to assess how well the growth rates of various components of German GDP can be forecasted. In particular, it is analyzed how well different commonly used leading indicators can increase predictability of these time...

This article investigates the effects and transmission channels of shocks between two asymmetric neighboring countries. In particular, we investigate Austria and Germany which are highly integrated due to their common language and common membership of the European Monetary Union. Generalized...