EABCN/CEPR Discussion papers

There are currently 37 papers in this Discussion Paper series

Paper title
  Euro Area Inflation Persistence in an Estimated Nonlinear DSGE Model
Series number
  EABCN/CEPR Discussion Paper 37/2007
Author(s)
  Giovanni Amisano, Università di Brescia and European Central Bank, and Oreste Tristani, European Central Bank
Date published
  July 2007
Keywords
  Bayesian estimation, DSGE models, inflation persistence, second order approximations and sequential Monte Carlo
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Paper title
  Forming Priors for DSGE Models (and How It Affects the Assessment of Nominal Rigidities)
Series number
  EABCN/CEPR Discussion Paper 36/2007
Author(s)
  Marco Del Negro, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Frank Schorfheide, University of Pennsylvania
Date published
  February 2007
Keywords
  Bayesian analysis, DSGE models, model comparisons, nominal rigidities and prior elicitation
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Paper title
  Evaluating An Estimated New Keynesian Small Open Economy Model
Series number
  EABCN/CEPR Discussion Paper 35/2007
Author(s)
  Malin Adolfson, Sveriges Riksbank Stefan Laséen, Sveriges Riksbank Jesper Lindé, Sveriges Riksbank and CEPR Mattias Villani, Stockholm University and Sveriges Riksbank
Date published
  January 2007
Keywords
  Bayesian inference, DSGE model, DSGE-VAR model, DSGEVECM model and open economy
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Paper title
  Euro-Dollar Real Exchange Rate Dynamics in an Estimated Two-Country Model: What is Important and What is Not
Series number
  EABCN/CEPR Discussion Paper 34/2006
Author(s)
  Pau Rabanal, ‘La Caixa’ and Vicente Tuesta Reátegui, Banco Central de Reserva del Perú
Date published
  November 2006
Keywords
  bayesian estimation, model comparison and real exchange rates
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Paper title
  The Phillips Curve Under State-Dependent Pricing
Series number
  EABCN/CEPR Discussion Paper 33/2006
Author(s)
  Hasan Bakhshi, Lehman Brothers, UK, Hashmat Khan, Carleton University, Ottawa and Barbara Rudolf, Swiss National Bank
Date published
  November 2006
Keywords
  inflation dynamics, phillips curve and state-dependent pricing
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Paper title
  Drift and Breaks in Labour Productivity
Series number
  EABCN/CEPR Discussion Paper 32/2006
Author(s)
  Luca Benati, Bank of England
Date published
  August 2006
Keywords
  bootstrapping, frequency domain, median-unbiased estimation, Monte Carlo integration, structural break tests, time-varying parameters and variance ratio
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Paper title
  Trend Breaks, Long-Run Restrictions and the Contractionary Effects of Technology Improvements
Series number
  EABCN/CEPR Discussion Paper 31/2006
Author(s)
  John Fernald, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Date published
  April 2006
Keywords
  business cycles, structural change and technology
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Paper title
  Growth in Euro Area Labour Quality
Series number
  EABCN/CEPR Discussion Paper 30/2006
Author(s)
  Guido Schwerdt, Economics Department, European University Institute and Jarkko Turunen, European Central Bank
Date published
  February 2006
Keywords
  growth accounting, human capital, labour quality and total factor productivity
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Paper title
  Pricing Behaviour and the Response of Hours to Productivity Shocks
Series number
  EABCN/CEPR Discussion Paper 29/2006
Author(s)
  Domenico J. Marchetti, Research Dept, Bank of Italy and Francesco Nucci, Facoltà di Scienze Statistiche, Università di Roma "La Sapienza"
Date published
  March 2006
Keywords
  labour input, price rigidity and productivity shocks
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Paper title
  Cyclical Productivity in Europe and the United States, Evaluating the Evidence on Returns to Scale and Input Utilization
Series number
  EABCN/CEPR Discussion Paper 28/2006
Author(s)
  Robert Inklaar, Faculty of Economics, University of Groningen
Date published
  February 2006
Keywords
  cyclical productivity, input utilizations, instrumental variables and returns to scale
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Paper title
  Forecasting Economic Aggregates by Disaggregates
Series number
  EABCN/CEPR Discussion Paper 27/2006
Author(s)
  David F Hendry, Nuffield College, University of Oxford and Kirstin Hubrich, European Central Bank
Date published
  February 2006
Keywords
  disaggregate information, factor models, forecast model selection, predictability and VAR
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Paper title
  Real-Time Model Uncertainty in the United States: the Fed from 1996-2003
Series number
  EABCN/CEPR Discussion Paper 26/2005
Author(s)
  Brian Ironside, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Robert J. Tetlow, Senior Economist, Division of Research and Statistics, Federal Reserve Board
Date published
  October 2005
Keywords
  monetary policy, real-time analysis and uncertainty
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Paper title
  How Useful is Bagging in Forecasting Economic Time Series? A Case Study of US CPI Inflation
Series number
  EABCN/CEPR Discussion Paper 25/2005
Author(s)
  Atsushi Inoue, Dept of Agricultural & Resource, North Carolina State University and Lutz Kilian, Department of Economics, University of Michigan
Date published
  October 2005
Keywords
  Bayesian model averaging, bootstrap aggregation, factor models, forecast combination, forecast model selection, pre-testing and shrinkage estimation
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Paper title
  Short-Run Italian GDP Forecasting and Real-Time Data
Series number
  EABCN/CEPR Discussion Paper 24/2005
Author(s)
  Roberto Golinelli, Università di Bologna and Giuseppe Parigi, Banca d'Italia
Date published
  October 2005
Keywords
  consistent vintages, predictions of 'actual' GDP, preliminary GDP forecasting and real-time data set for Italian GDP
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Paper title
  Forecast combination and model averaging using predictive measures
Series number
  EABCN/CEPR Discussion Paper 23/2005
Author(s)
  Jana Eklund, Stockholm School of Economics and Sune Karlsson, University of Örebro
Date published
  October 2005
Keywords
  Bayesian model averaging, inflation rate, partial Bayes factor, predictive likelihood and training sample
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Paper title
  Model averaging and value-at risk based evaluation of large multi-asset volatility models for risk management
Series number
  EABCN/CEPR Discussion Paper 22/2005
Author(s)
  M Hashem Pesaran, University of Cambridge, and Paolo Zaffaroni, Banca d'Italia
Date published
  October 2005
Keywords
  -based evaluations, model averaging and value-at-risk
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Paper title
  Data Revisions are not well-behaved
Series number
  EABCN/CEPR Discussion Paper 21/2005
Author(s)
  Boragan Aruoba, University of Maryland
Date published
  October 2005
Keywords
  forecasting, news and noise, NIPA variables and real-time data
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Paper title
  Where are we now? Realtime Estimates of the Macro Economy Estimates of the Macro Economy
Series number
  EABCN/CEPR Discussion Paper 20/2005
Author(s)
  Martin D.D. Evans, Georgetown University
Date published
  October 2005
Keywords
  forecasting GDP, Kalman filtering and real-time data
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Paper title
  Nowcasting GDP and Inflation: The Real Time Informational Content of Macroeconomic Data Releases
Series number
  EABCN/CEPR Discussion Paper 19/2005
Author(s)
  Domenico Giannone, Lucrezia Reichlin and David Small
Date published
  August 2005
Keywords
  factor model, forecasting, large datasets, monetary policy, news and real time data
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Paper title
  Business Cycle Synchronization in the Enlarged EU
Series number
  EABCN/CEPR Discussion Paper 18/2005
Author(s)
  Zsolt Darvas and György Szapáry
Date published
  August 2005
Keywords
  business cycle synchronization, consumption-correlation puzzle, EMU, new EU members and OCA endogeneity
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Paper title
  Inflation Scares and Forecast-based Monetary Policy
Series number
  EABCN/CEPR Discussion Paper 17/2005
Author(s)
  Athanasios Orphanides and John C Williams
Date published
  January 2005
Keywords
  inflation forecasts, learning, policy rules and rational expectations
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Paper title
  On the Fit and Forecasting Performance of new Keynesian Models
Series number
  EABCN/CEPR Discussion Paper 16/2005
Author(s)
  Marco Del Negro, Frank Schorfheide, Frank Smets and Rafael Wouters
Date published
  January 2005
Keywords
  Bayesian analysis, DSGE models, model evaluation and vector autoregression
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Paper title
  Macroeconomic Asymmetry in the European Union: the Difference between New and Old Members
Series number
  EABCN/CEPR Discussion Paper 15/2005
Author(s)
  Yuliya Demyanyk and Vadym Volosovych
Date published
  January 2005
Keywords
  asymmetry of GDP, consumption insurance, EU enlargement and risk sharing
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Paper title
  Economic Fluctuations in Central and Eastern Europe: the Facts
Series number
  EABCN/CEPR Discussion Paper 14/2005
Author(s)
  Peter Benczur and Attila Ratfai
Date published
  January 2005
Keywords
  business cycle facts and Central and Eastern Europe
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Paper title
  Granger Causality of the Inflation-growth Mirror in Accession Countries
Series number
  EABCN/CEPR Discussion Paper 13/2005
Author(s)
  Max Gillman and Anton Nakov
Date published
  January 2005
Keywords
  Granger causality, growth, inflation, structural breaks, transition, VAR and velocity
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Paper title
  Exchange Rate Volatility and Labour Markets in the CEE Countries
Series number
  EABCN/CEPR Discussion Paper 12/2004
Author(s)
  Ansgar Belke, Leo Kaas and Ralph Setzer
Date published
  December 2004
Keywords
  Central and Eastern Europe, currency union, euroization, echange rate variability and job creation
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Paper title
  Convergence and Cycles in the Euro Zone
Series number
  EABCN/CEPR Discussion Paper 11/2004
Author(s)
  Vasco M Carvalho and Andrew Harvey
Date published
  Novemver 2004
Keywords
  balanced growth, error correction mechanism, Kalman filter, signal extraction, stochastic trend and unobserved components
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Paper title
  The international business cycle in a changing world: volatikity and the propagation of shocks in the G7
Series number
  EABCN/CEPR Discussion Paper 10/2004
Author(s)
  Michael J Artis, Denise Osborn and Pedro J Perez
Date published
  October 2004
Keywords
  European integration, international business cycles, time variation and volatility
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Paper title
  Model-based clustering of multiple time series
Series number
  EABCN/CEPR Discussion Paper 9/2004
Author(s)
  Sylvia Fruwirth-Schnatter and Sylvia Kaufmann
Date published
  September 2004
Keywords
  clustering, Markov chain Monte Carlo, Markov switching, mixture modelling and panel data
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Paper title
  What does a technology shock do? A VAR analysis with model-based sign restrictions
Series number
  EABCN/CEPR Discussion Paper 8/2004
Author(s)
  Luca Dedola, ECB and Stephano Neri,Banca d'Italia
Date published
  September 2004
Keywords
  Bayesian VAR methods, DSGE models, impulse responses and technology shocks
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Paper title
  Small sample confidence intervals for multivariate impulse response functions at long horizons
Series number
  EABCN/CEPR Discussion Paper 7/2004
Author(s)
  Elena Pesavento and Barbara Rossi
Date published
  September 2004
Keywords
  impulse response functions, local to unity asymptotics, persistence and VARs
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Paper title
  Has the transmission mechanism of European moenetary policy changed in the run-up to EMU?
Series number
  EABCN/CEPR Discussion Paper 6/2004
Author(s)
  Matteo Ciccarelli and Allessandro Rebucci
Date published
  September 2004
Keywords
  Bayesian estimation, European monetary policy, Gibbs sampling, time-varying coefficient model and transmission mechanism
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Paper title
  Similarities and Convergence in G-7 Cycles
Series number
  EABCN/CEPR Discussion Paper 5/2004
Author(s)
  Fabio Canova, Matteo Ciccarelli and Eva Ortega
Date published
  September 2004
Keywords
  Bayesian methods, business cycle, G7, indicators and panel data
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Paper title
  Interpolation and Backdating with A Large Information Set
Series number
  EABCN/CEPR Discussion Paper 4/2004
Author(s)
  Elena Angelini, Jerome Henry and Massimiliano Marcellino
Date published
  October 2004
Keywords
  factor model, interpolation, Kalman filter and spline
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Paper title
  Preliminary Data and Econometric Forecasting: An Application with the Bank of Italy Quarterly Model
Series number
  EABCN/CEPR Discussion Paper 3/2004
Author(s)
  Fabio Busetti, Banca d'Italia and CEPR
Date published
  May 2004
Keywords
  Bank of Italy quarterly economic model, macroeconomic forecasting and preliminary data
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Paper title
  Is Economic Activity in the G7 Synchronized? Common Shocks versus Spillover Effects
Series number
  EABCN/CEPR Discussion Paper 2/2004
Author(s)
  Alain Monfort, Center for Research in Economics and Statistics (CREST), Jean-Paul Renne, Ecole Polytechnique, Rasmus Rüffer, European Central Bank (ECB), Giovanni Vitale, European Central Bank (ECB)
Date published
  November 2003
Keywords
  business cycles synchronization, dynamic factor and Kalman filter
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Paper title
  What Caused the Early Millennium Slowdown? Evidence Based on Vector Autoregressions
Series number
  EABCN/CEPR Discussion Paper 1/2004
Author(s)
  Gert Peersman, Bank of England
Date published
  October 2003
Keywords
  business cycles and vector autoregressions
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