System Estimates of Potential Output and the NAIRU
Posted: 16 Sep 1999
Abstract
This paper proposes a new approach for estimating potential output and the NAIRU. The methodology models these key unobservable economic variables as latent stochastic trends within a trivariate system of observables comprising information on unemployment, GDP, and inflation. Identification is achieved through the use of a standard version of Okun's law and a Phillips curve. The performance of the procedure is investigated using Swedish quarterly data covering the time period 1970:1-1996:3.
JEL Classification: C32, E32
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Apel, Mikael and Jansson, Per, System Estimates of Potential Output and the NAIRU. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=179534
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