Periodical: Journal of Business Cycle Management and Analysis

Journal of Business Cycle Measurement
and Analysis

Published jointly by OECD and CIRET, the Centre for International Research on Economic Tendency Surveys.

"Business cycles, even if less of a threat, are far from
conquered and still represent the most serious form of macroeconomic instability...

...A new journal devoted to the studies of national and international economic fluctuations is indeed most timely, needed and welcome."

-Statement by Victor Zarnowitz in the first issue
Senior Fellow and Economic Counselor, The Conference Board
Professor Emeritus, The University of Chicago
Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research
Honorary Member, CIRET

Aim and Scope

The aim of the journal is the exchange of knowledge and information on the theory and operation of business and economic cycle research, including both statistical measurement and analytical aspects. The scope encompasses:

• Analysis and explanation of cyclical fluctuations
• Business cycle specification, definition and classification
• Statistical approaches to the development of short-term economic statistics and indicators
• Business tendency, investment and consumer surveys
• Use of survey data or cyclical indicators for business cycle analysis

The Journal of Business Cycle Measurement and Analysis is closely linked to the well known statistical and methological research work carried out in this area by the OECD and CIRET, in particular to the work produced by the OECD Short-Term Economic Statistics Expert Group and by joint research in economic statistics with other institutions such as the European Commission and Eurostat, whereas CIRET encompasses a wide variety of researchers whose work results in the most up-to-date insights in this field.

The journal also provides a calendar of conferences, along with e-information and book reviews which are of interest and within its scope. It is published three times a year.

Starting in 2008, this title will benefit from speedier electronic publishing by being rolled into the OECD Journal. The OECD Journal, which will have 15 print issues per year, will have issues devoted to the Journal of Business Cycle Management and Analysis, and articles will be published on the SourceOECD online version as soon they are made available from the editors.  Readers will no longer have to wait for a whole issue's worth of articles to be completed! Current subscribers will be renewed to the OECD Journal for 2008.

Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Bernd Schips, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

Associate Editors:
- Daniel Bloesch, KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich Switzerland
- Ronny Nilsson, OECD, Paris, France

Editorial Board:
-Richard Curtin, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
-Robert Buckle, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
-John A. Carlson, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
-Jorgen Elmeskov, OECD, Paris, France
-Horst Entorf, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
-Hélène Erkel-Rousee, INSEE, Paris, France
-Willy Friedmann, Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt, Germany
-Robert J. Gordon, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
-Jürgen Kröger, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
-Kajal Lahiri, SUNY-Albany, Albany, NY, USA
-Marco Lippi, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy
-Marco Malgarini, ISAE, Institute for Studies and Economic Analysis, Rome, Italy
-Zbigniew Matkowski, Warsaw School of Economics, Warszawa, Poland
-Gian Luigi Mazzi, Eurostat, Luxembourg
-Gernot Nerb, IFO Institute for Economic Research, Munich Germany
-Lars-Erik Öller, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
-Karl-Heinrich Oppenländer, Former President of Ifo Institute, Munich, Germany
-Ataman Ozyildirim, The Conference Board, New York, NY, USA
-Giusepe Parigi, Bank of Italy, Rome, Italy
-Günter Poser, Former Editor-in-Chief of JBCMA, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
-Gerd Ronning, University of Tübingen, Germany
-James H.Stock, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA USA
-Jan-Egbert Sturm, KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
-Pentti Vartia, ETLA, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy, Helsinki, Finland
-András Vértes, GKI Economic Research Co., Budapest, Hungary
-Martin Weale, NIESR, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, London, UK
-Thomas M. F. Yes, CEPD, Council for Economic Planning and Development, Chinese Taipei

Table of Contents, Volume 3, Issue 1 :

• Consumer Sentiment Surveys Worldwide Review and Assessment
• Deviation Cycles in Manufacturing Business Cycle Measurement and Leading Indicators
• Comparing Probability Forecasts in Markov Regime Switching Business Cycle Models
• Improving Timeliness for Short-Term Economic Statistics
• Cyclical Fluctuations in CIS Economies
• OECD and CIRET News – 2007/1

Table of Contents, Volume 2, Issue 3:

• Quantifying Inflation Expectations with the Carlson-Parkin Method: A Survey-based Determination of the Just Noticeable Difference by Steffen Henzel and Timo Wollmershäuser
• Detection of the Industrial Business Cycle using SETAR Models by Laurent Ferrara and Dominique Guégan
• Spatial and Temporal Time Series Conversion: A Consistent Estimator of the Error Variance – Covariance Matrix by Massimo Gerli and Giovanni Marini
• Extracting a Common Cycle from Series with Different Frequency: An Application to the Italian Economy by Edoardo Otranto
• Another Look at the Ifo Business Cycle Clock by Klaus Abberger
• OECD and CIRET News – 2005/3