Estimating Taiwan's Monthly GDP in an Exact Kalman Filter Framework: A Research Note

黃裕烈(Yu-Lieh Huang)

《經濟論文叢刊》 38卷1期 (2010/03) Pp. 147-160

https://doi.org/10.6277/ter.2010.381.4

摘要

國內生產毛值(Gross Domestic Product, GDP)是建構景氣基準循環時一個最主要的參考依據。由於GDP數列本身爲季資料，因此進行總體模型分析時必需要將季資料轉換成月資料以符合計算上的需求。本研究主要目的是依據狀態空間(state-space)計量模型，嘗試重新建構適當的GDP月資料指標以供政府經濟決策之參考。從計量經濟的角度來看，此一模型的優點在於其能包含文獻上常用的其它模型，並且放寬即有共整合的假設，以建構出適當的GDP月資料指標。若從實證結果來看，本研究所估計出的GDP月指標與GDP季資料有許多相似的特徵。故我們相信，利用此模型所建構出的月指標確實可以提供政府短期經濟決策時之參考。

並列摘要

In this paper, we describe a framework that nests a wide range of interpolation/distribution setups but relaxes the co-integration condition of temporal disaggregation that has been reported in the literature. Our goal is to evaluate alternative interpolation/distribution models and then generate the monthly deseasonalized real gross domestic product of Taiwan. Our empirical results show that the monthly estimates, incorporated in the information obtained from the industrial production index, are highly consistent with quarterly figures. These estimates should be invaluable to researchers and practitioners for short-run policy analysis in that they signal any emerging economic problems.

並列關鍵字

interpolation ； Kalman filter ； temporal disaggregation ； state-space model

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