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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788525603321

Autore

Oomes Nienke

Titolo

The Utilization-Adjusted Output Gap : : Is the Russian Economy Overheating? / / Nienke Oomes, Oksana Dynnikova

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006

ISBN

1-4623-2559-9

1-4527-5116-1

1-282-47422-7

1-4519-0864-4

9786613821751

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (46 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

DynnikovaOksana

Soggetti

Inflation (Finance) - Russia - Econometric models

Input-output analysis - Russia - Econometric models

Phillips curve - Econometric models

Inflation

Labor

Macroeconomics

Production and Operations Management

Macroeconomics: Production

Labor Economics Policies

Price Level

Deflation

Labor Economics: General

Labour

income economics

Capacity utilization

Output gap

Labor policy

Industrial capacity

Production

Economic theory

Prices

Labor economics

Russian Federation



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"March 2006."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. THE NONACCELERATING INFLATION RATE OF FACTOR UTILIZATION""; ""III. FACTOR UTILIZATION IN RUSSIA""; ""A. Capacity Utilization""; ""B. Labor Utilization""; ""C. Estimating the Natural Rate""; ""IV. OUTPUT GAP ESTIMATES""; ""A. Trend Fitting and Statistical Filtering""; ""B. Production Function Approach""; ""V. CONCLUSIONS""; ""I. Characteristics and Methodology of Capacity Utilization Surveys""; ""II. Econometric NAICU Estimates""; ""III. Statistical Methods for Estimating the Output Gap""; ""References""

Sommario/riassunto

This paper estimates the output gap in Russia using a utilization-adjusted production function approach, which we argue is preferable to traditional output gap methods. The approach amounts to (1) using available surveys to estimate the "natural rates" of capacity and labor utilization above which inflation begins to accelerate; (2) estimating a production function with utilization-adjusted capital and labor inputs; and (3) defining potential output as the level of output obtained when both capital and labor are at their estimated natural rates. The results suggest that the output gap in Russia was negative between 1999 and 2003, but may have recently become positive, thus contributing to inflationary pressures.