In this paper, we address whether using a disaggregated series or combining an aggregated and disaggregated series improves the forecasting of the aggregated series compared to using the aggregated series alone. We used econometric techniques, such as the weighted lag adaptive least absolute...

The paper investigates the usefulness of quantitative and qualitative indicator variables as forecasting means of industrial production growth in France, Germany, and Italy. The analysis is carried out for two sets of forecasts whose main difference concerns the way in which projections are...