Estimating the Output Gap Using Business Survey Data - A Bivariate Structural Time Series Model for the German Economy

This paper deals with the estimation of the output gap. We use uni- and bivariate unobserved components models in order to decompose the observed German GDP-series into trend, cycle and seasonal components. The results show that using the ifo business assessment variable as an indicator for the cycle the estimation of the output gap is much more precise and out-of-sample forecasts exhibit smaller prediction errors.

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Year of publication:	2000
Authors:	Flaig, Gebhard ; Ploetscher, Claudia
Publisher:	Munich : Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
Subject:	Output gap \| unobserved component models \| survey data

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Series:	CESifo Working Paper ; 233
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	757243681 [GVK] hdl:10419/75606 [Handle] RePec:ces:ceswps:_233 [RePEc]
Source:	EconStor

Persistent link: https://ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10010314968