Search Results - subject:"Linear Models"

How Sensitive is the Public Budget Balance to Cyclical Fluctuations in the EU?

Virén, Matti - Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government … - 2000

This paper discusses the fiscal behaviour of EU countries in 1972-1999. It attempts to find out how deficits adjust to changes in interest rates and output growth by examining the hypothesis that the reaction of deficits to output growth is non-linear: relatively small in "good times" and quite...

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Piecewise Linear Feedback Rules in a Non Linear Model of the Phillips Curve: Evidence from the US and the UK

Corrado, L.; Holly, S. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2000

Optimal nominal interest rates rule are usually set assuming that the underlying world is linear. Our work relaxes this assumption and examines the performance of optimal rules when non-linearities are present. In particular if the inflation-output trade off exhibits non linearities...

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Online classification of states in intensive care

Gather, Ursula; Fried, Roland; Imhoff, Michael - Institut für Wirtschafts- und Sozialstatistik, … - 2000

In modern intensive care physiological variables of the critically ill can be reported online by clinical information systems. Intelligent alarm systems are needed for a suitable bedside decision support. The existing alarm systems based on fixed treshholds produce a great number of false...

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Adaptive varying-coefficient linear models

Fan, Jianqing; Yao, Qiwei; Cai, Zongwu - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000

Varying-coefficient linear models arise from multivariate nonparametric regression, nonlinear time series modelling and … variable should be used as the index. In this paper, we explore the class of the varying-coefficient linear models in which the …

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Empirical Assessments of Social Networks, Fertility and Family Planning Programs

Kohler, Hans-Peter; Behrman, Jere R.; Watkins, Susan - In: Demographic Research 3 (2000) 7

change in a family planning program have worked through the population) rather than just one equilibrium as in linear models … rather than being independent of the level of contraceptive use as in linear models. (3) With nonlinear models, intensified … linear models. To clarify these implications, for comparison a simple and more transparent linear model is also discussed …

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Alternative Methods of Estimating Potential Output and the Output Gap; An Application to Sweden

Saxena, Sweta Chaman; Cerra, Valerie - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000

This paper reviews a number of different methods that can be used to estimate potential output and the output gap. Measures of potential output and the output gap are useful to help identify the scope for sustainable noninflationary growth and to allow an assessment of the stance of...

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Adaptive Varying-Coefficient Linear Models

Cai, Zongwu; Fan, Jianqin; Yao, Qiwei - Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics … - 2000

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Evidenceon the Fiscal and Macroeconomic Impact of Privatization

Barnett, Steven - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000

This paper empirically investigates the relationship between privatization and measures of fiscal and macroeconomic performance. One of the main findings is that privatization proceeds transferred to the budget tend to be saved. Specifically, they are largely used to reduce domestic financing,...

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A combinatorial approach to piecewise linear time series analysis

Medeiros, Marcelo C. (contributor); … - 2000 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Over recent years, several nonlinear time series models have been proposed in the literature. One model that has found a large number of successful applications is the threshold autoregressive model (TAR). The TAR model is a piecewise linear process whose central idea is to change the parameters...

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Online classification of states in intensive care

Gather, Ursula; Fried, Roland; Imhoff, Michael - 2000

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