Estimation of the Business Cycles - Selected Methodological Problems of the Hodrick-Prescott Filter Application

The aim of this article is to highlight a number of problems due to a rather „mechanical“ application of the Hodrick-Prescott Filter and its possible implication for the monetary policy decision-making process. The author concludes that HP filter is not able to estimate the potential output, however it could be used as the efficient tool in monetary policy decision making process and its stabilizing function.

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Year of publication:	2009-09-01
Authors:	Kapounek, Svatopluk
Institutions:	Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Subject:	economic activity indicator \| time series \| BDS test \| stochastic process \| non-linearity

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	MPRA Paper.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Published in Polish Journal of Environmental Studies 5B.18(2009): pp. 227-231
Classification:	C51 - Model Construction and Estimation ; E32 - Business Fluctuations; Cycles ; C22 - Time-Series Models
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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