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and assess relative model performance based on the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. While the Treasury term … significantly improve the precision of recession predictions, especially at horizons further out than one year. …
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We provide a versatile nowcasting toolbox that supports three model classes (dynamic factor models, large Bayesian VAR, bridge equations) and offers methods to manage data selection and adjust for Covid-19 observations. The toolbox aims at simplifying two key tasks: creating new nowcasting...
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The forecasting of government revenues is extremely important for an adequate budget execution, since a good accuracy …
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variables or which ones to use. The results of a recursive forecasting exercise reveal a statistically significant increase in …
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Forecast models with large cross-sections are often subject to overparameterization leading to unstable parameter estimates and hence inaccurate forecasts. Recent articlessuggest that a large Bayesian vector autoregression (BVAR) with sufficient prior information dominates competing approaches....
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different types of econometric models for oil price forecasting. Several specifications have been proposed in the economic …). The empirical literature is very far from any consensus about the appropriate model for oil price forecasting that should … common sample and common data. Fourth, we evaluate the forecasting performance of each selected model using static and …
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theoretical model of the New Open Economy Macroeconomics type. The forecasting performance of our estimated vector error …
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The economic forecasts for Germany in the period 2001 to 2003 grossly missed reality. Forecasters estimated an average annual growth rate of 1.6 per cent, but real GDP actually grew by only 0.3 per cent per annum. In 2003 the real GDP in Germany even shrank by 0.1 per cent. Forecasters tend to...
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to forecasting area-wide industrial production. To this end, we use various tests that are designed to compare competing …
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Several approaches for subset recovery and improved forecasting accuracy have been proposed and studied. One way is to …
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