Econometric Analysis of Managers' Judgements on the Determinants of the Financial Situation in Russia |
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Authors: | Youri Pavlovich Lukashin |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Moscow, Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsouznaya ul., 23, 117859 Moscow, Russia |
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Abstract: | The paper presents an econometric analysis of the determinants of the financial situation in Russian manufacturing. Official statistics in Russia are not reliable. This is why the analysis is based on business opinion surveys carried out within `The Russian Economic Barometer' long-term research programme for monitoring and investigation of the transition to the market in Russia. The new adaptive approach elaborated by the author of the paper is used to form a correct set of explanatory variables in regression equations. This approach is based on the comparison of the forecast abilities of alternative models with different sets of explanatory variables. Two periods are considered and compared: January 1993 to January 1995 and February 1995 to January 1998. Two variables, the diffusion index of output and the average order-book level, provide the best explanation of the managers' judgement regarding the financial situation in Russia for the first period. It was found that for the second period, the influence of the `output index' diminished. The main factors with which managers related a `good' financial situation in their enterprises were the sample average of order-book level, the stocks of finished goods, the index of order-book level, the index of output prices ratio, and the indebtedness to banks. All relationships are presented in the context of linear probability and logit models. |
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Keywords: | econometrics adaptive approach logit model linear probability model Russia financial situation managers' judgements |
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