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Projecting Potential Output

Methods and Problems

Part of the book series: ZEW Economic Studies (ZEW, volume 42)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-6
  2. THEORETICAL PART

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Introduction

      • Sebastian Hauptmeister, Friedrich Heinemann, Marcus Kappler, Margit Kraus, Andreas Schrimpf, Hans-Michae Trautwein et al.
      Pages 1-2
    3. The Concept of Potential Output: A History of Origins

      • Sebastian Hauptmeister, Friedrich Heinemann, Marcus Kappler, Margit Kraus, Andreas Schrimpf, Hans-Michae Trautwein et al.
      Pages 1-52
    4. Historical Positions and Controversies

      • Sebastian Hauptmeister, Friedrich Heinemann, Marcus Kappler, Margit Kraus, Andreas Schrimpf, Hans-Michae Trautwein et al.
      Pages 1-10
    5. Epistemological Subsumption

      • Sebastian Hauptmeister, Friedrich Heinemann, Marcus Kappler, Margit Kraus, Andreas Schrimpf, Hans-Michae Trautwein et al.
      Pages 1-15
  3. METHODOLOGICAL-EMPIRICAL PART

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Analysis and Criticism of Conventional Methods of Estimation

      • Sebastian Hauptmeister, Friedrich Heinemann, Marcus Kappler, Margit Kraus, Andreas Schrimpf, Hans-Michae Trautwein et al.
      Pages 1-28
    3. Analysis of the Declining Trend in Germany’s Potential Growth Performance

      • Sebastian Hauptmeister, Friedrich Heinemann, Marcus Kappler, Margit Kraus, Andreas Schrimpf, Hans-Michae Trautwein et al.
      Pages 1-27
    4. Alternative Methods for a Forward-Looking Assessment of Potential GDP Growth

      • Sebastian Hauptmeister, Friedrich Heinemann, Marcus Kappler, Margit Kraus, Andreas Schrimpf, Hans-Michae Trautwein et al.
      Pages 1-20
    5. Conclusions for Economic Policy and Empirical Macroeconomics

      • Sebastian Hauptmeister, Friedrich Heinemann, Marcus Kappler, Margit Kraus, Andreas Schrimpf, Hans-Michae Trautwein et al.
      Pages 1-5
  4. Back Matter

    Pages 1-33

About this book

In spite of the widespread use of the concept of potential output in economic theory and empirical applications as well as in economic policy debates, the historical background and the assumptions inherent to this concept are rarely made transparent, let alone critically questioned. Against this background this book sets out to determine the extent to which the concept of potential output rests on clearly defined theoretical foundations and how far prevailing empirical quantification methods really provide reliable insights into potential output growth of an economy. In addition, the authors examine alternative methods for a forward-looking assessment of potential output growth.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Projecting Potential Output

  • Book Subtitle: Methods and Problems

  • Authors: Qingwei Wang, Hans-Michael Trautwein, Andreas Schrimpf, Margit Kraus, Marcus Kappler, Friedrich Heinemann, Sebastian Hauptmeier

  • Series Title: ZEW Economic Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2177-2

  • Publisher: Physica Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Physica-Verlag Heidelberg 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7908-2176-5Published: 20 March 2009

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-7908-2177-2Published: 20 April 2009

  • Series ISSN: 1615-6781

  • Series E-ISSN: 1867-2027

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 200

  • Topics: Economic Growth, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics

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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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