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The aim of this paper is to identify permanent and transitory shocks. This identification is done according to the size of the shocks or the size of some other important economic variable. In order to be able to carry this identification scheme on, we introduce a new class of threshold models:...
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curve, are also associated with large inflation forecasting errors. In principle, these movements are consistent with a … makes significant improvements in the static and dynamic out of sample inflation forecasting performance of the Phillips …
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We develop LM-tests of linearity that are consistent against a class of Compound Smooth Transition Autoregressive (CoSTAR) models of the conditional mean. Our method is an extension of the sup-test developed by Bierens (1990) and Bierens and Plobeger (1997), provides maximal power against...
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Decision theorists claim that an ordinal measure of risk may be sufficient for an agent to make a rational choice under uncertainty. We propose a measure of financial risk, namely the Varying Cross-sectional Risk (VCR), that is based on a ranking of returns. VCR is defined as the probability of...
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This paper analyzes nonlinear cointegrating regressions as have been recently analyzed in a paper by Park and Phillips in Econometrica. I analyze the consequences of removing Park and Phillips' exogeneity assumption, which for the special case of a linear model would imply the asymptotic...
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transition function and proposed the variable addition tests as the tests of linearity against smooth transition nonlinearity …
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structure. The paper reports clear evidence of nonlinearity, in contrast to the affine term structure model and consistent with … does not capture the entire nature of the nonlinearity. The quadratic term structure model recently proposed performs … better for capturing the nonlinearity than the threshold model but the former model seems to miss some aspect of nonlinearity …
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We revisit the concept of unpredictability to explore its implications for forecasting strategies in a non … distinguished, compounding the four additional mistakes most likely in estimated forecasting models. Structural breaks, rather than …
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hampering efforts at prediction. In this paper, we present a unified framework for forecasting the global electronics cycle by … indicators. An evaluation of their relative accuracy suggests that the VAR model's forecasting performance is superior to that of …
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This paper presents a rigurous framework for evaluating alternative forecasting methods for Chilean industrial … production and sales. While nonlinear features appear to be important for forecasting the very short term, simple univariate … linear models perform about as well for almost every forecasting horizon …
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