Short-Run Italian GDP Forecasting and Real-Time Data
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Keywords
consistent vintages; predictions of 'actual' GDP; preliminary GDP forecasting; real-time data set for Italian GDP;JEL classification:
- C22 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes
- C53 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Forecasting and Prediction Models; Simulation Methods
- C82 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Macroeconomic Data; Data Access
- E10 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models - - - General
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