A system approach for measuring the euro area NAIRU

Empirical Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 311-341

  Fabiani, Silvia ^a   Mestre, Ricardo ^b  

^a BANK OF ITALY   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Kalman filter; NAIRU; Unobserved components

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; KALMAN FILTER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 2942572692     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-003-0170-8     Document Type: Article

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