Title:A Linear Benchmark for Forecasting GDP Growth and Inflation?
Author(s):MARCELLINO, MassimilianoDate:2008-01-01Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Predicting the future evolution of GDP growth and inflation is a central concern in economics. Forecasts are typically produced either from economic theory-based models or from simple linear time series models. While a ...
Title:Lines Across the Desert: Mobile phone use and mobility in the context of trans-Saharan migration
Author(s):SCHAUB, Max LeonardDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In West and Northern Africa, mobile phone coverage has been expanding parallely to increased attempts by Africans to migrate overland to Europe. This paper explores possible links between the two phenomena, looking ...
Title:Lionello Levi Sandri: his service to Europe
Author(s):BECHERUCCI, AndreaDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The article outlines the career of Lionello Levi Sandri, a lecturer in industrial law, as vice-president of the European Commission in charge of Social affairs between 1961 and 1970. As a member of the Hallstein Commission ...
Title:Liquidity and Crises
Author(s):ALLEN, Franklin; CARLETTI, Elena; KRAHNEN, Jan Pieter; TYRELL, MarcelDate:2011Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Financial crises have been pervasive for many years. Their frequency in recent decades has been double that of the Bretton Woods Period (1945-1971) and the Gold Standard Era (1880-1993), comparable only to the period during ...
Title:Liquidity Runs with Endogenous Information Acquisition
Author(s):ZWART, SanneDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper analyzes a liquidity run model in which investors strategically acquire private information. The availability of information can eliminate the multiplicity typical for models without private information. Even ...