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We use factor augmented vector autoregressive models with time-varying coe¢ cients to construct a …nancial conditions index. The time-variation in the parameters allows for the weights attached to each …nancial variable in the index to evolve over time. Furthermore, we develop methods for...
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This paper compares the forecasting performance of different models which have been proposed for forecasting in the … forecasting in the vast majority of cases. However, we find no single forecasting model consistently works best in the presence of …
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This paper addresses the issue of improving the forecasting performance of vector autoregressions (VARs) when the set …
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This paper develops methods for automatic selection of variables in forecasting Bayesian vector autoregressions (VARs … Carlo experiment, and in forecasting 4 macroeconomic series of the UK using time-varying parameters vector autoregressions … (TVP-VARs). Restricted models consistently improve upon their unrestricted counterparts in forecasting, showing the merits …
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We use factor augmented vector autoregressive models with time-varying coefficients to construct a financial conditions index. The time-variation in the parameters allows for the weights attached to each .financial variable in the index to evolve over time. Furthermore, we develop methods for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010678559
– 2010 I exhaustively evaluate the forecasting properties of Bayesian shrinkage in regressions with many predictors. Results …
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is assessed in forecasting three major macroeconomic time series of the UK economy. Data-based restrictions of VAR … coefficients can help improve upon their unrestricted counterparts in forecasting, and in many cases they compare favorably to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008764097
-- 2010 I exhaustively evaluate the forecasting properties of Bayesian shrinkage in regressions with many predictors. Results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009004835
This paper compares the forecasting performance of different models which have been proposed for forecasting in the … macroeconomic time series, we demonstrate the presence of structural breaks and their importance for forecasting in the vast … majority of cases. We find no single forecasting model consistently works best in the presence of structural breaks. In many …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009142658
This paper compares the forecasting performance of different models which have been proposed for forecasting in the … forecasting in the vast majority of cases. However, we find no single forecasting model consistently works best in the presence of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008805568