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Assessing potential output and the output gap is essential for policy-making and fiscal surveillance. The European Commission proposes a production function methodology that involves the estimation of two classes of Gaussian state space models. This paper presents the R package RGAP which...
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Economists and central bankers nowadays believe that forward guidance has become more important in a world in which key interest rates have hit their effective lower bounds (ELB). In case of the European Central Bank (ECB), this should have increased the informational content of the introductory...
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Der Ausbruch der COVID-19-Pandemie führte in der Schweiz zu dem gravierendsten Einbruch der Wirtschaftstätigkeit seit über vier Jahrzehnten. Der achtwöchige Lockdown im Zeitraum zwischen März und Mai schlug sich stark auf die Schweizer Wirtschaft nieder und lähmte teilweise ganze...
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We study the interplay of non-pharmaceutical containment measures, human behavior, and the spread of COVID-19 in Switzerland. First, we collect sub-national data and construct indices that capture the stringency of containment measures at the cantonal level. Second, we use a vector...
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We study the interplay of non-pharmaceutical containment measures, human behavior, and the spread of COVID-19 in Switzerland. First, we collect sub-national data and construct indices that capture the stringency of containment measures at the cantonal level. Second, we use a vector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013205822
Assessing potential output and the output gap is essential for policy-making and fiscal surveillance. The European Commission proposes a production function methodology that involves the estimation of two classes of Gaussian state space models. This paper presents the R package RGAP which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014374265
Determining potential output and the output gap-two inherently unobservable variables-is a major challenge for macroeconomists. This paper presents the R package sectorgap, which features a flexible modeling and estimation framework for a multivariate Bayesian state space model identifying...
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We propose a multivariate Bayesian state space model to identify potential growth and the output gap consistent with the dynamics of the underlying production sectors of the economy and those of inflation and the labor market. Our approach allows us to decompose economic fluctuations and...
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Konjunkturprognosen unterliegen derzeit einer ungewöhnlich hohen Unsicherheit. Jeden Tag werden neue Massnahmen zur Bekämpfung der Corona-Pandemie angekündigt. Es herrscht nicht nur Unklarheit über die aktuelle und künftige Ausbreitung des Virus, sondern auch über staatliche...
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Wenn es um den Umgang mit der COVID-19-Pandemie geht, scheinen die meisten Regierungen weltweit inzwischen eine so genannte «Hammer und Tanz»-Strategie zu verfolgen. Um schnellstmögliche Kontrolle über die Ausbreitung des Virus zu erreichen, werden Schul- und Betriebsschliessungen,...
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