Estimating and interpreting a common stochastic component for the Brazilian industrial production index

This paper employs a state-space formulation to model a common stochastic component in four different series that constitute the aggregate index of industrial production in Brazil. This estimated common component is then interpreted as a measurement of behavior of fundamentals in the brazilian econo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Paulo Picchetti, Celso Toledo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Getúlio Vargas 2002-03-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Economia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71402002000100004