ETH Zürich
KOF Konjunkturforschungsstelle
Boriss Siliverstovs
WEH D 4
Weinbergstrasse 35
8092 Zürich
Tel.: +41 44 632 46 24
E-Mail: siliverstovs@kof.ethz.ch
Publications
Contributions in Refereed Journals
- (2012): The effect of economic reforms of the 1980s and the Customs Union Agreement of 1996 upon the Turkish intra-industry trade, International Journal of Trade and Global Markets, 2012, forthcoming. view
- Kholodilin K. A., A. Oshchepkov, and B. Siliverstovs (2012): The Russian regional convergence process: Where does it go?, Eastern European Economics, forthcoming. view
- Siliverstovs, B. and K. A. Kholodilin, (2012): Assessing the Real-Time Informational Content of Macroeconomic Data Releases for Now-/Forecasting GDP: Evidence for Switzerland, Journal of Economics and Statistics/Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, forthcoming. view
- (2012): Are There Free Rides out of a Recession? The Case of Switzerland., International Review of Applied Economics, 26(1), 27–45. view
- (2011): The Real-Time Predictive Content of the KOF Economic Barometer, Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik, 2011(3), 353–375. view
- (2011): Does Aging Influence Structural Change? Evidence from Panel Data, Economic Systems, 2011(2), 244–260. view
- (2010): Evaluating German Business Cycle Forecasts Under an Asymmetric Loss Function, Journal of Business Cycle Measurement and Analysis, 2010(1), 23–40. view
- (2010): Climate Change and Modelling of Extreme Temperatures in Switzerland, Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 24(2), 311–326. view
- Kholodilin, K., J.-O. Menz and B. Siliverstovs (2010): What Drives Housing Prices Down? Evidence From an International Panel, Journal of Economics and Statistics/Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, 230(1), 59-76. view
- (2010): Banking Competition, Good or Bad?: The Case of Promoting Micro and Small Enterprise Finance in Kazakhstan, Applied Economics, 42(6), 701–716. view
- (2010): Spurious Correlation in Estimation of the Health Production Function: A Note, Economics Bulletin, 30(3), 2505–2514. view
- (2010): Do Forecasters Inform or Reassure? Evaluation of the German Real-time Data, Applied Economics Quarterly, 55(4), 269–293. view
- Akkoyunlu, S. and B. Siliverstovs (2009): Migration and Trade – Complements or Substitutes? Evidence from Turkish Migration to Germany, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 45(5), 47–61. view
- Siliverstovs, B. and K. Kholodilin (2009): On Selection of Components for a Diffusion Index Model: It’s not the Size, It’s How You Use It, Applied Economics Letters, 16(12), 1249–1254. view
- (2009): Assessing the Impact of the ECB's Monetary Policy on the Stock Markets: A Sectoral View , Economics Letters, 105(3), 211–213. view
- (2009): Estimating Gravity Equations: To Log or not to Log?, Empirical Economics, 36(3), 645–669. view
- Siliverstovs, B. (2008): Dynamic Modelling of the Demand for Money in Latvia, Baltic Journal of Economics, 8, 1, 53-74. view
- Kholodilin, K., B. Siliverstovs and S. Kooths (2008): A Dynamic Panel Data Approach to the Forecasting of the GDP of German Laender, Spatial Economic Analysis 3, 2, 195-207. view
- (2008): Disaggregated Trade Flows and the «Missing Globalization Puzzle», International Economics/Economie Internationale, 115(3), 141–164. view
KOF Studies
- Frick, A., M. Graff, J. Hartwig and B. Siliverstovs (2009): Diskretionäre Fiskalpolitik: Pro und Kontra, KOF Studien 5, Juni, Zürich. view
- Aeppli, R., Altenburg, M., Arvanitis, S., Atukeren, E., Bolli, T., Gassebner, M., Graff, M., Hollenstein, H., Lassmann, A., Liechti, D., Nitsch, V., Siliverstovs, B. und Sturm, J.-E. (2008): Auswirkungen der bilateralen Abkommen auf die Schweizer Wirtschaft, KOF Studien, 2, Zürich, Dezember 2008. view
KOF Working Papers
- (2012): Keeping a Finger on the Pulse of the Economy: Nowcasting Swiss GDP in Real-Time Squared, KOF Working Papers No. 302, April, Zurich. view
- (2011): Using Personal Car Register for Measuring Economic Inequality in Countries with a Large Share of Shadow Economy: Evidence for Latvia, KOF Working Papers No. 287, September, Zurich. view
- (2011): Dating Business Cycles in a Historical Perspective: Evidence for Switzerland, KOF Working Papers No. 284, July, Zurich. view
- (2011): Are GDP Revisions Predictable? Evidence for Switzerland, KOF Working Papers No. 281, May, Zurich. view
- (2010): Measuring Regional Inequality by Internet Car Price Advertisements, Evidence for Germany, KOF Working Papers No. 261, July, Zurich. view
- (2010): Do Google Searches Help in Nowcasting Private Consumption? A Real-Time Evidence for the US, KOF Working Papers No. 256, April, Zurich. view
- (2010): Discretionary Fiscal Policy: The Case of Switzerland, KOF Working Papers No. 253, February, Zurich. view
- (2010): Assessing the Real-Time Informational Content of Macroeconomic Data Releases for Now-/Forecasting GDP: Evidence for Switzerland, KOF Working Papers No. 251, January, Zurich. view
- (2010): Does the Law of One Price Hold in a High-Inflation Environment? A Tale of Two Cities in Turkey, KOF Working Papers No. 248, January, Zurich. view
- (2010): Assessing Predictive Content of the KOF Barometer in Real Time, KOF Working Papers No. 249, January, Zurich. view
- Siliverstovs, B. (2009): Evaluating Short-Run Forecasting Properties of the KOF Employment Indicator for Switzerland in Real Time, KOF-Arbeitspapiere/Working Papers 226, May, Zurich. view
- Döpke, J., U. Fritsche and B. Siliverstovs (2009): Evaluating German Business Cycle Forecasts Under an Asymmetric Loss Function, KOF-Arbeitspapiere/Working Papers 237, September, Zurich. view
- Akkoyunlu, S., F.R. Lichtenberg, B. Siliverstovs and P. Zweifel (2009): Spurious Correlation in Estimation of the Health Production Function: A Note, KOF-Arbeitspapiere/Working Papers 227, May, Zurich. view
- Kholodilin, K. A. and B. Siliverstovs (2009): Do Forecasters Inform or Reassure? Evaluation of the German Real-Time Data, KOF-Arbeitspapiere/Working Papers 215, February, Zurich. view
- (2009): The Russian Regional Convergence Process: Where Does it Go? , KOF Working Papers No. 216, February, Zurich. view
- Thiessen, U., K.A. Kholodilin and B. Siliverstovs (2008): Does Aging Influence Sectoral Employment Shares? Evidence from Panel Data, KOF-Arbeitspapiere/Working Papers No. 214, December, Zurich. view
- Kholodilin, K., A. Montagnoli, O. Napolitano and B. Siliverstovs (2008): Assessing the Impact of the ECB’s Monetary Policy on the Stock Markets: A Sectoral View, KOF-Arbeitspapiere/Working Papers No. 213, December, Zurich. view
- Siliverstovs, B. and D. Schumacher (2008): Disaggregated Trade Flows and the «Missing Globalization Puzzle», KOF-Arbeitspapiere/Working Papers No. 209, October, Zurich. view
Other Working Paper Series
- (2012): Using Personal Car Register for Measuring Economic Inequality in Countries with a Large Share of Shadow Economy: Evidence for Latvia, DIW Berlin Discussion Papers, December, Berlin (Germany). view
- (2010): Do Google Searches Help in Nowcasting Private Consumption? A Real-Time Evidence for the US, DIW Berlin Discussion Papers, December, Berlin (Germany). view
- (2010): Measuring Regional Inequality by Internet Car Price Advertisements: Evidence for Germany, DIW Berlin Discussion Papers, December, Berlin (Germany). view
- (2010): Assessing the Real-Time Informational Content of Macroeconomic Data Releases for Now-/Forecasting GDP: Evidence for Switzerland, DIW Berlin Discussion Papers, December, Berlin (Germany). view
Contributions in other Journals
- (2010): Measuring Regional Inequality by Internet Car Price Advertisements: Evidence for Germany, DIW Berlin Discussion Papers, 1036. view
- (2010): Do Google Searches Help in Nowcasting Private Consumption?: A Real-time Evidence for the US, DIW Berlin Discussion Papers, 997. view
- Kholodilin, K., S. Kooths and B. Siliverstovs (2008): Konjunkturprognosen für Bundesländer setzen Verbesserung der Datensituation voraus, Wochenbericht, DIW Berlin, 75(24), 318-325. view
- Siliverstovs, B., R. Ötsch, C. Kemfert, C. Jaeger, A. Haas and H. Kremers (2008): Climate Change and Modelling of Extreme Temperatures in Switzerland, DIW Berlin, Discussion Paper 840-2008. view
- Kholodilin, K., J.-O. Menz and B. Siliverstovs (2008): Immobilienkrise?: Warum in Deutschland die Preise seit Jahren stagnieren, Wochenbericht, DIW Berlin, 75(17), 214-220. view
KOF Analyses
- (2009): Der KOF Beschäftigungsindikator–Zielsetzung, Konstruktion und Aussagekraft, KOF Analysen, Winter 2009/2010, 39–50, Zürich. view
- (2009): Diskretionäre Finanzpolitik: Pro und Contra, KOF Analysen, Summer 2009, 25–43, Zürich. view