Comparative performances of measures of consumer and economic sentiment in forecasting consumption: a multi-country analysis

This paper seeks to compare the capabilities of assorted measures of consumer and economic sentiment in predicting the growth of household expenditure. An analysis of quarterly data on five European countries shows that for none of these can the model which incorporates the EU's headline consum...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Applied economics 2020-02, Vol.52 (10), p.1088-1104
Hauptverfasser:	Gausden, Robert, Hasan, Mohammad S.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Business & Economics Consumer attitudes consumer confidence consumer survey Consumption Durable goods Economic analysis Economic theory Economics Expenditures Forecasting Household expenditure Households model confidence set Social Sciences
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