A study of the competitiveness of the Spanish construction industry
by Jose Parreno Fernandez, Patricia Ordonez de Pablos
World Review of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development (WRSTSD), Vol. 1, No. 1, 2004

Abstract: This study has a two-fold objective. First, it sets out to describe the present situation of the Spanish construction industry and its importance for the competitiveness of the national economy. It then goes on to consider the issue of forecasting for this strategically important sector, by considering three time series – total amount of tendering, the consumption of cement and the total number of homes built – and then forecasting by applying the Box-Jenkins methodology. The comparison of ex-post forecasts with the real data for the three variables, provides a way to evaluate the goodness of the models selected for forecasting.

Online publication date: Wed, 07-Jul-2004

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