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ECIN Replication Package for "Macroeconomic Forecasting During Recessions and Expansions in the US and the Euro Area" (ICPSR 238922)
Released/updated on: 2026-01-29
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 1980-01-01--2023-06-30
This study systematically evaluates forecasting performance of 11 DSGE and 2 BVAR models during recessions and expansions in the US and the euro area. Results show that no single model dominates: parsimonious models perform well in stable periods and at short horizons, while richer DSGE specifications with financial frictions, flexible inflation targeting, or labor market dynamics improve forecasts during recessions. BVARs excel in interest rate forecasting, especially in expansions. Crisis-specific extensions, such as Covid-related shocks, yield temporary gains. Forecast accuracy depends on the economic state, variable, horizon, and evaluation metric, underscoring the need for a diversified, context-dependent modeling toolkit.
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Investors and Members of Parliament in England, 1575-1630 (ICPSR 55)
Released/updated on: 2011-08-17
Geographic coverage: Global
Time period: 1575-01-01--1630-12-31
This data collection contains individual-level biographical information for British members of Parliament and social and economic data pertaining to British investment and economic expansion in the period 1575-1630. The data provide information on name, social class, and date of knighthood for each member of British Parliament for the period. Also included are dates of the thirteen sessions of Parliament, and the names of the trading companies and company directors or governors.
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Westernization Comparative Panel Dataset, 1975-1995 (ICPSR 4173)
Released/updated on: 2005-05-23
Geographic coverage: South America, Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia, North America, Global
Time period: 1975-01-01--1995-12-31
The major purpose of this study was to compile panel/comparative multiple indicators of westernization across a large number of countries. The primary investigators attempted to empirically measure the concept of westernization. These data offer temporal and international coverage, a theory-driven classification of globalization indicators, and standardizations of these indicators. Using large samples of the world's countries for mid-decade years in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, these data amass three interrelated dimensions and their corresponding measures of westernization, i.e., economic, cultural, and political. Measures of political westernization include each nation's participation in western international treaties and western international non-governmental organizations as well as the total amount of United States military aid received and the total number of western embassies present. The economic measures examined include each nation's inflow of United States direct investment, United States economic aid, and Official Development Assistance from Western Nations as well as a nation's total trade with Western nations and total number of patents filed in the United States. The cultural measures compiled include each nation's total number of Western foreign press bureaus present, tourists from Western nations, tertiary-level students attending Western institutions, and phone calls to and from the United States. Descriptive characteristics collected include each country's United Nations Country Code, total population, and gross domestic product (GDP). Part 1 of this collection consists of a large sample of the world's nation-states. Part 2 is a subset of Part 1, which contains only those countries in the sample that had populations of at least one million people in 1995.
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United States Trade Deficit and the "New Economy" (ICPSR 1213)
Released/updated on: 2000-01-18
Geographic coverage: United States
Amidst the overall strength and longevity of the United States economic expansion of the 1990s, a growing current account deficit is one indicator that often is viewed with concern. In this article, the author discusses some basic economic principles about current accounts and how they relate to the United States experience during the 1990s. He suggests that recent deficits should not be thought of as a source of weakness in an otherwise vigorous economy, but rather, that they are reflective of the same forces underlying recent economic strength.
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Technological Advance in an Expanding Economy, 1967 (ICPSR 7432)
Released/updated on: 1992-02-16
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 1967-01-01--1967-12-31
This study attempted to assess empirically the impact of technological change on a cross-section of the United States labor force. Survey questions focused on three aspects of technological change: (1) the economic impact of machine change on the work force in terms of income change, promotions, steadiness of employment, and unemployment, (2) the relevance of machine change for job satisfaction and job content, and (3) the ways in which machine changes relate to education and training. Demographic variables include respondents' age, sex, marital status, number of underage children, level of education and professional training, and annual income from main job.