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Production function approach to calculating potential growth and output gaps - estimates for the EU Member States and the US - Cécile Denis, Kieran Mc Morrow and Werner Röger
Author(s): Cécile Denis, Kieran Mc Morrow and Werner Röger
Production function approach to calculating potential growth and output gaps - estimates for the EU Member States and the US - Cécile Denis, Kieran Mc Morrow and Werner Röger 
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This paper describes the methodology for calculating potential growth and output gaps using a production function approach. On the basis of the Commission services Spring 2002 economic forecasts, the approach is illustrated by providing estimates for the EU’s Member States, the Euro Zone and EU15 aggregates as well as for the United States.
(European Economy. Economic Papers 176. September 2002.
Brussels. 82pp. Tab. Free.)
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