Can the IMF's Medium-Term Growth Projections Be Improved? /

Numerous reports have noted that the IMF's medium-term growth projections are overly optimistic, raising questions as to how these can be improved. To this end, we estimate a growth model and examine its out-of-sample forecasting properties relative to those of IMF projections. The model's...

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Auteur principal: Zalduendo, Juan
Autres auteurs: Batista, Catia
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2004.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2004/203
Accès en ligne:Full text available on IMF