Arbeitspapier
In Search of Leading Indicators of Economic Activity in Germany
In this paper we present two new composite leading indicators of economicactivity in Germany estimated using a dynamic factor model with and withoutregime switching. The obtained optimal inferences of business cycle turningpoints indicate that the two-state regime switching procedure leads to asuccessful representation of the sample data and provides an appropriatetool for forecasting business conditions.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 571
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
- Subject
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business cycles
leading indicators
turning points
Markovswitching
Germany
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Bandholz, Harm
Funke, Michael
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
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Munich
- (when)
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2001
- Handle
- Last update
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Bandholz, Harm
- Funke, Michael
- Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
Time of origin
- 2001