Alberto Urtasun

Banco de España

Alcala 50

Madrid 28014

Spain

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1.

Nowcasting Private Consumption: Traditional Indicators, Uncertainty Measures, Credit Cards and Some Internet Data

Banco de Espana Working Paper No. 1842
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 14 Dec 2018
Maria Gil, Javier J. Pérez, Antonio Jesus Sanchez Fuentes and Alberto Urtasun
Banco de España, Banco de España - Research Department, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) and Banco de España
Downloads 359 (161,227)
Citation 65

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private consumption, nowcasting, forecasting, uncertainty, Google Trends.

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Can News Help Measure Economic Sentiment? An Application in COVID-19 Times

Banco de Espana Working Paper No. 2027
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 18 Aug 2020
Pablo Aguilar, Corinna Ghirelli, Matias Pacce and Alberto Urtasun
Banco de España, Banco de España, Banco de España and Banco de España
Downloads 190 (304,124)
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nowcasting, GDP, recession, real-time, textual analysis, sentiment indicators, soft indicators

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Macroeconomic Uncertainty: Measurement and Impact on the Spanish Economy

Banco de Espana Article 2/17
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 02 Feb 2017
Maria Gil, Javier J. Pérez and Alberto Urtasun
Banco de España, Banco de España - Research Department and Banco de España
Downloads 164 (346,336)
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An Estimate of the Potential Growth of the Spanish Economy

Banco de Espana Occasional Paper No. 1104
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 08 Aug 2011
Pablo Hernández de Cos, Mario Izquierdo and Alberto Urtasun
Banco de España, Banco de España and Banco de España
Downloads 150 (373,052)
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Potential output, output gap, Spain

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Price-Cost Mark-Ups in the Spanish Economy: A Microeconomic Perspective

Banco de Espana Working Paper No. 1407
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 06 May 2014
Jose Manuel Montero and Alberto Urtasun
Banco de España and Banco de España
Downloads 146 (381,285)
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mark-ups, returns to scale, production function, market power, financial pressure, GMM estimator, rolling regression

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A New Economic Policy Uncertainty Index for Spain

Banco de Espana Working Paper No. 1906
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 08 Mar 2019
Corinna Ghirelli, Javier J. Pérez and Alberto Urtasun
Bank of Spain, Banco de España - Research Department and Banco de España
Downloads 129 (420,041)
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economic uncertainty, policy uncertainty, uncertainty shocks

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Recent Housing Market Developments in Spain

Banco de Espana Article 4/19
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 07 Jun 2019
Pana Alves and Alberto Urtasun
Banco de España and Banco de España
Downloads 126 (427,626)
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housing, prices, mortgage terms and conditions

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An Application of Dynamic Factor Models to Nowcast Regional Economic Activity in Spain

Banco de Espana Occasional Paper No. 1904 (2019)
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 08 Mar 2019
Maria Gil, Danilo Leiva-Leon, Javier J. Pérez and Alberto Urtasun
Banco de España, Banco de España, Banco de España - Research Department and Banco de España
Downloads 111 (470,507)
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regional activity, nowcasting, dynamic factor model

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The Effect of Oil Price Fluctuations on Spanish Inflation

Banco de Espana Article 10717
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 06 Oct 2017
Luis J. Alvarez, Isabel Sánchez-García and Alberto Urtasun
Banco de España, Banco de España and Banco de España
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Economic Policy Uncertainty in Latin America: Measurement using Spanish Newspapers and Economic Spillovers

Banco de Espana Working Paper No. 2024
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 28 Jul 2020
Corinna Ghirelli, Javier J. Pérez and Alberto Urtasun
Banco de España, Banco de España - Research Department and Banco de España
Downloads 107 (483,036)
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economic policy uncertainty, uncertainty shocks, Latin America’s economies

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Some Implications of New Data Sources for Economic Analysis and Official Statistics

Banco de Espana Article 15/19, May 2019
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 23 Aug 2019
Corinna Ghirelli, Juan Peñalosa, Javier J. Pérez and Alberto Urtasun
Bank of Spain, Banco de España, Banco de España - Research Department and Banco de España
Downloads 92 (534,963)
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new sources of economic information, big data, data science, machine learning, text analysis

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The Response of Private Investment to An Increase in Public Investment

Banco de Espana Article 11/2022
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 03 Jun 2022
Mario Alloza, Danilo Leiva-Leon and Alberto Urtasun
Banco de España, Banco de España and Banco de España
Downloads 83 (569,929)

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public investment, NGEU, private investment, vector autoregression

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Measuring Economic and Economic Policy Uncertainty, and their Macroeconomic Effects: The Case of Spain

Banco de Espana Working Paper No. 1905 (2019)
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 05 Mar 2019
Corinna Ghirelli, Maria Gil, Javier J. Pérez and Alberto Urtasun
Bank of Spain, Banco de España, Banco de España - Research Department and Banco de España
Downloads 81 (578,223)
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economic uncertainty, economic policy uncertainty, impact of uncertainty shocks

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The Effect of Oil Price Fluctuations on Spanish Inflation

Banco de Espana Article 11/17
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 03 Jun 2017
Luis J. Álvarez, Isabel Sánchez-García and Alberto Urtasun
Banco de España, Banco de España and Banco de España
Downloads 74 (608,464)
Citation 1

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Real-Time Regional GDP Forecasting: Statistical Aspects and a Forecasting Model

Banco de Espana Article 17/19
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 18 Dec 2019
Concha Artola, Maria Gil, Danilo Leiva-Leon, Javier J. Pérez and Alberto Urtasun
Banco de España - Servicio de Estudios, Banco de España, Banco de España, Banco de España - Research Department and Banco de España
Downloads 73 (613,101)

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regional economic activity, nowcasting, dynamic factor model

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Heterogeneity of Markups at the Firm Level and Changes During the Great Recession: The Case of Spain

Banco de Espana Working Paper No. 1536
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 05 Dec 2015
Cristina Fernández, Aitor Lacuesta, Jose Manuel Montero and Alberto Urtasun
Banco de España, Banco de España, Banco de España and Banco de España
Downloads 70 (627,182)
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markups, production function, market power, heterogeneity

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Uncertainty, Firm Heterogeneity and Labour Adjustments. Evidence from European Countries

Banco de Espana Working Paper No. 1821
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 12 Jul 2018
Marta Martinez-Matute and Alberto Urtasun
Banco de España and Banco de España
Downloads 61 (672,802)
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uncertainty, firm heterogeneity, labour adjustment, freeze hiring, layoffs

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Consumption in Spain During the State of Alert: An Analysis Based on Payment Card Spending

Banco de Espana Article 22/20
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 29 Jul 2020
José Manuel Gonzalez Minguez, Alberto Urtasun and Miguel Perez Garcia de Mirasierra
Banco de España, Banco de España and Banco de España
Downloads 60 (678,115)
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private consumption, COVID-19, card payments, restrictions on movement, restrictions on activity, lockdown, social distancing, uncertainty.

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Monitoring the Spanish Economy From a Regional Perspective: Main Elements of Analysis

Banco de Espana Occasional papers 1809
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 27 Dec 2018
Concha Artola, Maria Gil, Javier J. Pérez, Alberto Urtasun, Alejandro Fiorito and Diego Vila
Banco de España - Servicio de Estudios, Banco de España, Banco de España - Research Department, Banco de España, Universidad Nacional de Luján and University of Amsterdam
Downloads 58 (689,053)
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regional economics, regional data, macroeconomic forecasting, subnational public finances

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Update and Re-Estimation of the Quarterly Model of Banco De España (MTBE)

Banco de Espana Occasional Paper No. 1403
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 26 Aug 2014
Samuel Hurtado, Pablo Manzano, Eva Ortega and Alberto Urtasun
Banco de España, Banco de España, Bank of Spain, DG Economics, Statistics and Research and Banco de España
Downloads 53 (717,673)
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Spanish economy, macroeconometric model

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New Update of the Quarterly Model of the Bank of Spain

Banco de Espana Occasional Paper No. 1106
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 26 Aug 2011
Samuel Hurtado, Eva Ortega, Alberto Urtasun and Elena Fernandez
Banco de España, Bank of Spain, DG Economics, Statistics and Research, Banco de España and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 50 (736,440)

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Spanish economy, macroeconometric model

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The Relationship between Pandemic Containment Measures, Mobility and Economic Activity (Relación entre las medidas de contención de la pandemia, la movilidad y la actividad económica)

Banco de Espana Occasional Paper No. 2109
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 06 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 05 Aug 2021
Corinna Ghirelli, Maria Gil, Samuel Hurtado and Alberto Urtasun
Banco de España, Banco de España, Banco de España and Banco de España
Downloads 42 (790,111)

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nowcasting, GDP, economic activity, textual analysis, sentiment indicators, soft indicators, pandemic, COVID-19, coronavirus, mobility, restrictions, panel data

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Housing Prices in Spain: Convergence or Decoupling?

Banco de Espana Working Paper No. 2205
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 28 Jan 2022
Corinna Ghirelli, Danilo Leiva-Leon and Alberto Urtasun
Banco de España, Banco de España and Banco de España
Downloads 37 (827,374)

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housing cycles, synchronization, Spain

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The Narrative About the Economy as a Shadow Forecast: An Analysis Using Banco De España Quarterly Reports

Banco de Espana Working Paper No. 2042
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 29 Dec 2020
Nélida Díaz Sobrino, Corinna Ghirelli, Samuel Hurtado, Javier J. Pérez and Alberto Urtasun
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Banco de España, Banco de España, Banco de España - Research Department and Banco de España
Downloads 35 (843,347)

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textual analysis, sentiment analysis, GDP growth rate, forecasting, central bank reports

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Uncertainty and Firms' Labour Decisions. Evidence from European Countries

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13645
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 09 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 28 Jun 2022
Marta Martínez-Matute and Alberto Urtasun
Syracuse University and Banco de España
Downloads 35 (843,347)
Citation 1

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freeze hirings, uncertainty, labour adjustment, firms' labour decisions, layoffs

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The Recovery of Private Consumption in Spain by Product Type and Household

Banco de Espana Article 13/17
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 06 Oct 2017
Marta Martinez-Matute and Alberto Urtasun
Banco de España and Banco de España
Downloads 34 (851,787)

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2023/Q1 Article 02. The spread of inflation from energy to other components

Banco de Espana Article Article 02. ECONOMIC BULLETIN 2023/Q1
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 18 Jan 2023
José Manuel Gonzalez Minguez, Samuel Hurtado, Danilo Leiva-Leon and Alberto Urtasun
Banco de España, Banco de España, Banco de España and Banco de España
Downloads 18 (1,004,191)

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Inflation, energy, vector autoregression

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How do the revised National Accounts affect the interpretation of how the Spanish economy has fared since the pandemic?

Banco de Espana Article 08 2023/Q4 , Economic Bulletin, issue 2023/Q4, 2023 [10.53479/35784]
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 11 Jan 2024
José Luis Fernández, José Manuel Gonzalez Minguez, Mario Izquierdo and Alberto Urtasun
Banco de España, Banco de España, Banco de España and Banco de España
Downloads 7 (1,122,435)

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National Accounts, revision, GDP