Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/180087 
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Year of Publication: 
2016
Citation: 
[Journal:] Baltic Journal of Economics [ISSN:] 2334-4385 [Volume:] 16 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Taylor & Francis [Place:] London [Year:] 2016 [Pages:] 21-32
Publisher: 
Taylor & Francis, London
Abstract: 
In this paper a new method of constructing the leading economic index is presented. Its main advantage is the ability to distinguish domestic and foreign factors influencing the growth of economy and it is performed via dynamic hierarchical factor modelling. An application is carried out with Lithuanian data and the results indicate that foreign component corresponds to an economically and statistically significant amount of variance. Under this new methodology, a hypothesis that the effect of international trends on the growth of economy is increasing over time is validated. Results indicate that globalization effect can be quantified and monitored using the proposed decomposition.
Subjects: 
Coincident and leading indicators
hierarchical dynamic factor model
small open economy
globalization
JEL: 
C43
E32
C10
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Article

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