Using Macrofinancial Models to Simulate Macroeconomic Developments During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Albania
Eastern European Economics
; 2023.
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in English
| Web of Science | ID: covidwho-20231394
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic, and its impact on the economy tested the capacity of current macroeconomic models to forecast economic developments in turbulent times. In this article, we develop a linear macrofinancial model for Albania and examine whether it can predict the developments of key macroeconomic and financial variables during 2020-2021. To address increased uncertainty in the forecasts, we construct uncertainty bands with quantile regressions. The results indicate that, in general, a linear model is flexible enough to analyze non-linear events and may thus be used in abnormal times.
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Web of Science
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Prognostic study
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English
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Eastern European Economics
Year:
2023
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Article
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