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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970501503321

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

9786613821751

9781462325597

1462325599

9781452751160

1452751161

9781282474222

1282474227

9781451908640

1451908644

Edizione

[1st ed.]

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

Capacity utilization

Deflation

Economic theory

Income economics

Industrial capacity

Inflation

Labor Economics Policies

Labor economics

Labor Economics: General

Labor policy

Labor

Labour

Macroeconomics

Macroeconomics: Production

Output gap

Price Level

Prices

Production and Operations Management

Production



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.