Boriss Siliverstovs

German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) - Department of International Economics

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Do Google Searches Help in Nowcasting Private Consumption? A Real-Time Evidence for the US

KOF Swiss Economic Institute Working Paper No. 256, DIW Berlin Discussion Paper No. 997
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 25 May 2010 Last Revised: 27 Oct 2012
Konstantin A. Kholodilin, Maximilian Podstawski and Boriss Siliverstovs
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), DIW Berlin and German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) - Department of International Economics
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Google Indicators, Real-Time Nowcasting, Principal Components, US Private Consumption

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Google Searches as a Means of Improving the Nowcasts of Key Macroeconomic Variables

DIW Berlin Discussion Paper No. 946
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 17 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 27 Oct 2012
Konstantin A. Kholodilin, Maximilian Podstawski, Boriss Siliverstovs and Constantin Rudolf Salomo Bürgi
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) - Department of International Economics and George Washington University - Research Program on Forecasting
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Google indicators, forecasting, principal components, US private consumption

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Discretionary Fiscal Policy: The Case of Switzerland

KOF Working Paper No. 253
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 19 Feb 2010
Andres Frick, Michael Graff, Jochen Hartwig and Boriss Siliverstovs
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich - Swiss Institute for Business Cycle Research (KOF), ETH Zurich, ETH Zurich - Swiss Economic Institute and German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) - Department of International Economics
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Anti-cyclical fiscal policy, international, simulations, multiplier, free-riding

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On the Estimation and Forecasting of International Migration: How Relevant is Heterogeneity Across Countries?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1710
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 23 Aug 2005
Herbert Brücker and Boriss Siliverstovs
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) and German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) - Department of International Economics
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International migration, panel data, forecasting

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Does Aging Influence Sectoral Employment Shares? - Evidence from Panel Data

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Does Aging Influence Sectoral Employment Shares? - Evidence from Panel Data

DIW Berlin Discussion Paper No. 785
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 06 May 2008
Ulrich Thiessen, Konstantin A. Kholodilin and Boriss Siliverstovs
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) and German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) - Department of International Economics
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Structural change, aging, employment shares, dynamic panel data

Does Aging Influence Sectoral Employment Shares? Evidence from Panel Data

KOF Working Paper No. 214
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 24 Dec 2008
Ulrich Thiessen, Konstantin A. Kholodilin and Boriss Siliverstovs
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) and German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) - Department of International Economics
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Structural change, aging, employment shares, dynamic panel data

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Assessing the Impact of the ECB's Monetary Policy on the Stock Markets: A Sectoral View

KOF Swiss Economic Institute Working Paper No. 213, DIW Berlin Discussion Paper No. 814
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 11 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2009
Konstantin A. Kholodilin, Alberto Montagnoli, Oreste Napolitano and Boriss Siliverstovs
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), University of Stirling - Department of Economics, University of Naples Parthenope and German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) - Department of International Economics
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Monetary policy, Stock markets, ECB

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Spurious Correlation in Estimation of the Health Production Function: A Note

KOF Working Papers No. 227
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 18 May 2009
Sule Akkoyunlu, Frank R. Lichtenberg, Boriss Siliverstovs and Peter Zweifel
ETH Zürich - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) - Department of International Economics and University of Zurich - Department of Economics
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health, life expectancy, innovation, pharmaceuticals, health care expenditure, cointegration

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The Russian Regional Convergence Process: Where Does It Go?

KOF Working Paper No. 216, DIW Berlin Discussion Paper No. 861
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 01 May 2009 Last Revised: 23 Dec 2011
Konstantin A. Kholodilin, Aleksey Y. Oshchepkov and Boriss Siliverstovs
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) and German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) - Department of International Economics
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Regional convergence, spatial regimes, spatial effects

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Using Personal Car Register for Measuring Economic Inequality in Countries with a Large Share of Shadow Economy: Evidence for Latvia

DIW Berlin Discussion Paper No. 1153
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 10 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 07 Oct 2011
Vyacheslav Dombrovsky, Konstantin A. Kholodilin and Boriss Siliverstovs
Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) and German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) - Department of International Economics
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Economic inequality, cars, social signaling, Gini index, Latvia

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Assessing the Real-Time Informational Content of Macroeconomic Data Releases for Now-/Forecasting GDP: Evidence for Switzerland

KOF Working papers (KOF Swiss Economic Institute), ETH Zurich No. 251, DIW Berlin Discussion Paper No. 970
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 09 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 01 May 2010
Boriss Siliverstovs and Konstantin A. Kholodilin
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) - Department of International Economics and German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)
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Business tendency surveys, Forecasting, Nowcasting, Real-time data, Dynamic factor model

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Disaggregated Trade Flows and the 'Missing Globalization Puzzle'

KOF Working Paper No. 209
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 23 Oct 2008
Boriss Siliverstovs and Dieter Schumacher
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) - Department of International Economics and German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) - Department of International Economics
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Gravity model, missing globalization puzzle, distance coefficient, multilateral resistance

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Modelling Demand for Money in Latvia

Quantile Journal, Vol. 1, pp. 67-79, 2006
Posted: 20 Oct 2006
Boriss Siliverstovs
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) - Department of International Economics
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Climate Change and Modelling of Extreme Temperatures in Switzerland

DIW Berlin Discussion Paper No. 840
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 07 Jul 2009
Boriss Siliverstovs, Rainald Oetsch, Claudia Kemfert, Carlo Jaeger, Armin Haas and Hans Kremers
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) - Department of International Economics, affiliation not provided to SSRN, DIW Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, GCF - Global Climate Forum e.V., Global Climate Forum and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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climate change, GEV, Bayesian modelling, Great Alpine Heat Wave

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Dating Business Cycles in a Historical Perspective: Evidence for Switzerland

KOF working papers / KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich; 284
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 15 Jul 2011
Boriss Siliverstovs
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) - Department of International Economics
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classical business cycle, turning points, GDP revisions, Switzerland

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Does the Law of One Price Hold in a High-Inflation Environment? A Tale of Two Cities in Turkey

KOF Swiss Economic Institute Working Paper No. 248
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 25 Jan 2010
Sule Akkoyunlu and Boriss Siliverstovs
ETH Zürich - KOF Swiss Economic Institute and German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) - Department of International Economics
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Price convergence, Bounds testing procedure, Turkey

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Measuring Regional Inequality by Internet Car Price Advertisements: Evidence for Germany

DIW Berlin Discussion Paper No. 1036
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 04 Aug 2010
Konstantin A. Kholodilin and Boriss Siliverstovs
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) and German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) - Department of International Economics
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Car price advertisements, economic inequality, German NUTS1 and NUTS regions, Gini index, Internet

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Evaluating German Business Cycle Forecasts Under an Asymmetric Loss Function

KOF Swiss Economic Institute Working Paper No. 237
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 29 Sep 2009
Ulrich Fritsche, Boriss Siliverstovs and Jörg Döpke
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) - Department of International Economics and University of Applied Sciences Merseburg
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Business cycle forecast evaluation, asymmetric loss function, rational expectations

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Are GDP Revisions Predictable? Evidence for Switzerland

KOF Working Papers No. 281
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 31 May 2011
Boriss Siliverstovs
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) - Department of International Economics
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GDP revisions, forecasting, mixed-frequency data, factor model

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Do Forecasters Inform or Reassure? Evaluation of the German Real-Time Data

KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich, KOF Working Paper No. 215, DIW Berlin Discussion Paper No. 858
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 18 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 08 Jul 2009
Konstantin A. Kholodilin and Boriss Siliverstovs
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) and German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) - Department of International Economics
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Quality of statistical data, real-time data, signal-to-noise ratio, forecasts, revisions

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Evaluating Short-Run Forecasting Properties of the KOF Employment Indicator for Switzerland in Real Time

KOF Working Paper No. 226
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 18 May 2009
Boriss Siliverstovs
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) - Department of International Economics
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business tendency surveys, forecasting, real-time data, Bayesian model averaging, employment

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Assessing Predictive Content of the KOF Barometer in Real Time

KOF Swiss Economic Institute Working Paper No. 249
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 25 Jan 2010
Boriss Siliverstovs
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) - Department of International Economics
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Leading indicators, forecasting, Bayesian model averaging, Switzerland

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The Russian Regional Convergence Process: Where is It Leading?

Eastern European Economics, Vol. 50, No. 3, 5-26, 2012
Posted: 05 Nov 2012
Konstantin A. Kholodilin, Aleksey Y. Oshchepkov and Boriss Siliverstovs
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) and German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) - Department of International Economics

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regional convergence, spatial regimes, spatial effects