A Newton's Method for Benchmarking Time Series According to a Growth Rates Preservation Principle /

This work presents a new technique for temporally benchmarking a time series according to the growth rates preservation principle (GRP) by Causey and Trager (1981). A procedure is developed which (i) transforms the original constrained problem into an unconstrained one, and (ii) applies a Newton...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marini, Marco
Other Authors: Di Fonzo, Tommaso
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2011.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2011/179
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