<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In this article we propose a methodology for estimating the GDP of a country’s different regions, providing quarterly profiles for the annual official observed data. Thus the article offers a new instrument for short-term monitoring that allows the analysts to quantify the degree of synchronicity among regional business cycles. Technically, we combine time-series models with benchmarking methods to process short-term quarterly indicators and to estimate quarterly regional GDPs ensuring their temporal and transversal consistency with the National Accounts data. The methodology addresses the issue of nonadditivity, explicitly taking into account the transversal constraints imposed by the chain-linked volume indexes used by the National Accounts, and provides an efficient combination of structural as well as short-term information. The methodology is illustrated by an application to the Spanish economy, providing real-time quarterly GDP estimates, that is, with a minimum compilation delay with respect to the national quarterly GDP. The estimated quarterly data are used to assess the existence of cycles shared among the Spanish regions.</p></abstract>

In this article we propose a methodology for estimating the GDP of a country’s different regions, providing quarterly profiles for the annual official observed data. Thus the article offers a new instrument for short-term monitoring that allows the analysts to quantify the degree of synchronicity among regional business cycles. Technically, we combine time-series models with benchmarking methods to process short-term quarterly indicators and to estimate quarterly regional GDPs ensuring their temporal and transversal consistency with the National Accounts data. The methodology addresses the issue of nonadditivity, explicitly taking into account the transversal constraints imposed by the chain-linked volume indexes used by the National Accounts, and provides an efficient combination of structural as well as short-term information. The methodology is illustrated by an application to the Spanish economy, providing real-time quarterly GDP estimates, that is, with a minimum compilation delay with respect to the national quarterly GDP. The estimated quarterly data are used to assess the existence of cycles shared among the Spanish regions.

Quarterly Regional GDP Flash Estimates by Means of Benchmarking and Chain Linking

Macroeconomic Research Department, Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility, José Abascal n° 2, 2ª planta 28003, Madrid, Spain.

Department of Statistics and Instituto Flores de Lemus, Universidad, Carlos III de Madrid, Calle Madrid 126, 28903 Madrid, Spain.

Journal of Official Statistics

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In this article we propose a methodology for estimating the GDP of a country’s different regions, providing quarterly profiles for the annual official observed...

Quarterly Regional GDP Flash Estimates by Means of Benchmarking and Chain Linking

Published Online: Dec 16, 2015

Page range: 627 - 647

Received: Feb 01, 2013

Accepted: Jan 01, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jos-2015-0038

Keywords
Benchmarking, chain linking, national accounts, regional accounts, GDP flash estimates

© 2015 Ángel Cuevas et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Quarterly Regional GDP Flash Estimates by Means of Benchmarking and Chain Linking

Published Online: Dec 16, 2015

Page range: 627 - 647

Received: Feb 01, 2013

Accepted: Jan 01, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jos-2015-0038

KeywordsBenchmarking, chain linking, national accounts, regional accounts, GDP flash estimates

© 2015 Ángel Cuevas et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Benchmarking, chain linking, national accounts, regional accounts, GDP flash estimates