The utilization-adjusted output gap : is the Russian economy overheating? /
This paper estimates the output gap in Russia using a utilization-adjusted production function approach, which we argue is preferable to traditional output gap methods. The approach amounts to (1) using available surveys to estimate the "natural rates" of capacity and labor utilization abo...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autores principales: | , |
Autores Corporativos: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Washington, D.C.] :
International Monetary Fund, European Dept. and Policy Development and Review Dept.,
©2006.
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Colección: | IMF working paper ;
WP/06/68. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents
- I. INTRODUCTION
- II. THE NONACCELERATING INFLATION RATE OF FACTOR UTILIZATION
- III. FACTOR UTILIZATION IN RUSSIA
- A. Capacity Utilization
- B. Labor Utilization
- C. Estimating the Natural Rate
- IV. OUTPUT GAP ESTIMATES
- A. Trend Fitting and Statistical Filtering
- B. Production Function Approach
- V. CONCLUSIONS
- I. Characteristics and Methodology of Capacity Utilization Surveys
- II. Econometric NAICU Estimates
- III. Statistical Methods for Estimating the Output Gap
- References