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Measuring stress in money markets: A dynamic factor approach
Carpenter, Seth; Demiralp, Selva; Schlusche, Bernd; … - In: Economics Letters 125 (2014) 1, pp. 101-106
We extract an index of interest rate spreads from various money market segments to assess the level of funding stress in real time. We find that during the 2007–2009 financial crisis, money markets switched between low and high stress regimes except for brief periods of extreme stress....
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Generalized impulse response analysis in a fractionally integrated vector autoregressive model
Do, Hung Xuan; Brooks, Robert Darren; Treepongkaruna, … - In: Economics Letters 118 (2013) 3, pp. 462-465
We develop a generalized impulse response function for the fractionally integrated vector autoregressive (FIVAR) model using the Pesaran and Shin (1998) approach. Our method is different from the methodology shown in Chung (2001) since it does not require us to orthogonalize the error vector...
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The efficient modelling of high frequency transaction data: A new application of estimating functions in financial economics
Allen, David; Ng, K.H.; Peiris, Shelton - In: Economics Letters 120 (2013) 1, pp. 117-122
This paper investigates the Estimating Function method in the context of ACD modelling and appraises the properties of these estimates. A simulation study is conducted to demonstrate that these estimates are more efficient than the corresponding ML and QML estimates.
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Inflation-regime dependent effects of monetary policy shocks. Evidence from threshold vector autoregressions
Mandler, Martin - In: Economics Letters 116 (2012) 3, pp. 422-425
We use a threshold vector autoregression to study the effects of monetary policy shocks on the US. Depending on the level of inflation we note important regime dependence in the inflation response to monetary policy shocks.
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A dynamic factor model with time-varying loadings for euro area bond markets during the debt crisis
Boysen-Hogrefe, Jens - In: Economics Letters 118 (2013) 1, pp. 50-54
The debt crisis in the euro area led to obvious changes in the structure of euro area bond markets. To model the process of disintegration that has taken place as a result of this crisis, this analysis uses a dynamic factor model with time-varying loadings and two factors. While some core...
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Forecasting regional GDP with factor models: How useful are national and international data?
Kopoin, Alexandre; Moran, Kevin; Paré, Jean-Pierre - In: Economics Letters 121 (2013) 2, pp. 267-270
We assess the contribution of national (country-wide) and international data to the task of forecasting the real GDP of … Canadian provinces. Using the targeting predictors approach of Bai and Ng (2008) [Bai, J., Ng, S., 2008. Forecasting economic … regional, national and international data help improve forecasting accuracy for horizons below the one-year-ahead mark, but …
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Central banks’ inflation forecasts under asymmetric loss: Evidence from four Latin-American countries
Pierdzioch, Christian; Rülke, Jan-Christoph; … - In: Economics Letters 129 (2015) C, pp. 66-70
We study the rationality of the inflation forecasts of the central banks of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico. We reject rationality under a symmetric (Chile is an exception) but not under an asymmetric loss function. An overprediction implies a larger loss than an underprediction. We also...
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A note on the representative adaptive learning algorithm
Berardi, Michele; Galimberti, Jaqueson K. - In: Economics Letters 124 (2014) 1, pp. 104-107
best overall performance both in terms of forecasting accuracy and in matching (future) survey forecasts. …
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Eliminating sunspot effects in overlapping generations models
Burke, Jonathan L. - In: Economics Letters 117 (2012) 3, pp. 828-830
and deterministic. Forecasting thus becomes conclusive, and there is no longer a role for government policy to stabilize …
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Forecasting the yield curve for the Euro region
Tabak, B.M.; Sollaci, A.B.; Gomes, G.M.; Cajueiro, D.O. - In: Economics Letters 117 (2012) 2, pp. 513-516
-month) and that the FSN model outperforms the DL at the one- and three-months forecasting horizon. The conclusions provided in …
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