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and autocorrelation of error. The marginal forecast errors tend to increase, and the correlations between predictions and …
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This paper studies the effects of monetary policy in a small, open economy with a floating exchange rate, sticky wages, and rational expectations in both the asset and labor markets. The model developed emphasizes the link between exchange-rate depreciation and nominal wage inflation, embodying...
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Some previous analyses have suggested that the smoothing of tax rates over time would be a desirable guide for public debt management. One implication of this viewpoint is that future changes in tax rates would be unpredictable based on current information. This proposition is tested by...
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forecasting movements in short-term interest rates. For brief forecast intervals, however, ex ante changes in long-term rates are …
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Fiscal foresight -- the phenomenon that legislative and implementation lags ensure that private agents receive clear signals about the tax rates they face in the future -- is intrinsic to the tax policy process. This paper develops an analytical framework to study the econometric implications of...
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not observed at the time that the forecast is made--but can nonetheless improve forecasting accuracy by reducing parameter … of forecasting excess bond and equity returns. We find substantial improvements in out-of-sample forecast accuracy for …
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premium. We use this simple observation to forecast the equity-premium time series with the cross-sectional price of risk. We … cross section. The slope of the relation is the cross-sectional price of risk, which should equal the expected equity … are potentially correlated with return shocks. Our empirical tests show that the cross-sectional price of risk (1) is …
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and forecasting. Building on the theory of continuous-time arbitrage-free price processes and the theory of quadratic … volatility forecast, coupled with a parametric lognormal-normal mixture distribution implied by the theoretically and empirically … the large covariance matrices relevant in asset pricing, asset allocation and financial risk management applications …
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approximating strict inflation-forecast targeting are likely to have undesirable properties. We also show that economies with more … general forecast-based policy rules are particularly susceptible to indeterminacy of rational expectations equilibria. We …
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environment, leading to real-time forecast improvements relative to other methods of density forecast combination, such as …
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