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Activity Number:
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48
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Type:
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Invited
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Date/Time:
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Sunday, August 2, 2009 : 4:00 PM to 5:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Business and Economic Statistics Section
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| Abstract - #302955 |
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Title:
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The Compilation of European Quarterly Sector Accounts and Supply, Use, and Input-Output Tables
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Author(s):
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Roberto Barcellan*+
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Companies:
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European Commission - Eurostat
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Address:
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Bech Building, Luxembourg, International, L-2721, Luxembourg
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Keywords:
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balancing procedures ; benchmarking ; temporal disaggregation ; geographical aggregation
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Abstract:
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The estimation of the European national accounts requires the reconciliation and balancing of large systems of series combined with temporal disaggregation techniques (infra-annual data). Eurostat has launched two major projects in this field for compiling European quarterly sector accounts and input-output tables. Both projects aim to produce a complete set of European accounts starting from the available data compiled by Member States, ensuring coherence with national figures and internal accounting consistency. Technically the problems require a combination of temporal disaggregation techniques (multivariate benchmarking coupled with univariate temporal disaggregation) and advanced balancing techniques (Stone/RAS/least squares) subject to constraints. The paper illustrates the research carried out in Eurostat on these subjects and the solutions adopted in the production process.
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