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The MIMIC–CUB Model for the Prediction of the Economic Public Opinions in Europe

Social Indicators Research volume 146, pages 287–305 (2019)Cite this article

Abstract

To study the Europeans’ perception on the economic conditions, a model that combine Multiple Indicators Multiple Causes (MIMIC) and Combination of Uniform and shifted Binomial (CUB) is proposed. The MIMIC–CUB Model, estimated at country-level using the Partial Least Squares, specifies the influence of the economic forecast news on a latent variable named “Citizens’ perception of the European economics health state”. The survey is related, at both national and EU level, to the period 2005–2014.

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Source: European Commission—European Economic Forecast Report, Winter 2013

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Notes

  1. We used the R package PLS-PM ver. 0.4.1 by Sanchez, Trinchera and Russolillo, available online at the url: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/plspm/index.html.

  2. In our study we use the R functions CUB Models INFERENCE ver. 3.0 by Iannario and Piccolo, available online at the url: www.labstat.it/home/research/resourses/cub-data-sets-2/.

  3. The full index of European Economic Forecasts is available at: http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/publications/european_economy/forecasts_en.htm.

  4. Available at the url: http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/cf/index_en.cfm.

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Funding was provided by Seventh Framework Programme (Grant No. 320270).

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  1. Department of Economics and Management, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

    Maurizio Carpita

  2. Department of History, Society and Human Studies, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy

    Enrico Ciavolino & Mariangela Nitti

  3. Department of Engineering for Innovation, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy

    Mariangela Nitti

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This study is part of the European Project SYRTO (Systemic Risk Tomography; syrtoproject.eu), which aims to create an early warning system to identify potential threats to financial stability and to inform policy measures in order to prevent and manage systemic crises in the Eurozone.

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Carpita, M., Ciavolino, E. & Nitti, M. The MIMIC–CUB Model for the Prediction of the Economic Public Opinions in Europe. Soc Indic Res 146, 287–305 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-018-1885-4

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Keywords

  • MIMIC Model
  • CUB Model
  • Macro-economic indicators
  • Eurobarometer public opinion survey
  • Economic crisis