Convergence in European GDP series: a multivariate common converging trend–cycle decomposition
欧洲 GDP 序列的收敛:多变量共同收敛趋势与周期分解
Abstract Convergence in the gross domestic product series of five European countries is empirically identified using multivariate time series models that are based on unobserved components with dynamic converging properties. We define convergence in terms of a decrease in dispersion over time and model this decrease via mechanisms that allow for gradual reductions in the ranks of covariance matrices associated with the disturbance vectors driving the unobserved components of…