With the development of real-time databases, N vintages are available for T observations instead of a single realization of the time series process. Although the use of panel unit root tests with the aim to gain in efficiency seems obvious, empirical and simulation results shown in this paper...

We combine the issues of dealing with variables sampled at mixed frequencies and the use ofreal-time data. In particular, the repeated observations forecasting (ROF) analysis of Stark andCroushore (2002) is extended to an autoregressive distributed lag setting in which the regressorsmay be...

It is well known that cointegration between the level of two variables (labeled Y_{t} and y_{t} inthis paper) is a necessary condition to assess the empirical validity of a present-value model (PVand PVM, respectively, hereafter) linking them. The work on cointegration has been so prevalentthat...

It is well known that cointegration between the level of two variables (labeled Y_{t} and y_{t} inthis paper) is a necessary condition to assess the empirical validity of a present-value model (PVand PVM, respectively, hereafter) linking them. The work on cointegration has been so prevalentthat...

We propose an approach for checking the data admissibility of non-stationary multivariate time series models (VAR or VARMA) through that of their implied individual ARIMA specifications. In particular we show that the presence of different kinds of common cyclical features restrictions, leading...

Recent empirical work has shown that ongoing international financial integration facilitates cross-country consumption risk-sharing. While these studies typically employ absolutemeasures to account for a country''s integration in international capital markets, we devise a relative measure that...

This paper analyzes the empirical link between asset prices, consumption and the trade balance using a global macroeconometric model developed by Pesaran, Schuermann, and Weiner (2004). The model is estimated for 29 countries with quarterly data over the period 1981Q1 - 2006Q4. Motivated by...

This paper compares two approaches towards the empirical inertia of inflation and output. Two variants that produce persistence are added to a baseline DSGE model of sticky prices: 1) sticky information applied to firms, workers, and households; and 2) a backward-looking inflation indexation...

We propose an approach for checking the data admissibility of non-stationary multivariate time series models (VAR or VARMA) through that of their implied individual ARIMA specifications. In particular we show that the presence of different kinds of common cyclical features restrictions, leading...

In this paper, we question whether there is a catch-up effect or announcement effectin Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from the European Union (EU) to the ten EU accession countries. We study FDI outflows from the Netherlands, a small open economy with few historical ties to Eastern Europe, and...