Can news help measure economic sentiment? An application in COVID-19 times

DOI10.1016/J.ECONLET.2021.109730zbMATH Open1460.91178OpenAlexW3120947631MaRDI QIDQ2659967FDOQ2659967

Authors: Pablo Aguilar, Corinna Ghirelli, Matías Pacce, Alberto Urtasun 

Publication date: 29 March 2021

Published in: Economics Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2021.109730

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zbMATH Keywords

real-timenowcastingGDPrecessiontextual analysissentiment indicatorssoft indicators

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82) Economic growth models (91B62)

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