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in time through the posterior probability. Our findings show that (1) DMA improves forecasts compared to other frameworks … posteriori-Wahrscheinlichkeit, welche Prädiktoren zu verschiedenen Zeitpunkten für die Prognose relevant waren. Unsere Ergebnisse … zeigen, dass (1) DMA die Prognose im Vergleich zu anderen Verfahren verbessert und (2) dass die Goldpreisprädiktoren sich …
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forecast levels. A country's proximity to the US, importance to the firm, and visibility, as well as availability of more … precise information about foreign country exposures, contribute to consensus forecast efficiency. We identify a dimension of … — and show that it contributes to forecast efficiency, accuracy, and informativeness and that it helps the analyst achieve …
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Why is an inverted yield-curve slope such a powerful predictor of future recessions? We show that a decomposition of the yield curve slope into its expectations and risk premia components helps disentangle the channels that connect fluctuations in Treasury rates and the future state of the...
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election outcomes. Prediction market prices have been shown to be consistently accurate forecasts of these outcomes, but we don … incentives to acquire information about the outcome, thus tend to have better forecasts. Moreover, their trades have larger …
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In this paper, we present data on trends over time in domestic saving rates in twelve economies in developing Asia during the 1966-2007 period and analyze the determinants of these trends. We find that domestic saving rates in developing Asia have, in general, been high and rising but that there...
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machine learning model specifications. Each investor forms return forecasts from their own specific model using data inputs … that are available to all investors. We measure disagreement as dispersion in forecasts across investor-models. Our measure … aligns with extant measures of disagreement (e.g., analyst forecast dispersion), but is a significantly stronger predictor of …
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standard GARCH specification, the non-linear models generally lead to better forecasts in terms of both smaller forecast errors … price indexes. Forecasts produced by each non-linear GARCH model and each index are evaluated using a common set of … classical criteria, as well as forecast combination techniques with constant and non-constant weights. With respect to the …
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Why does the short-term slope of the yield curve predict recessions? We explore the economic forces underlying Treasury yields' fluctuations and highlight the roles of a tight monetary policy stance and expectations of lower inflation in predicting downturns. While the monetary policy stance is...
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Companies face significant carbon-transition risk as the global economy works to combat climate change. This paper studies the market-based premium associated with the carbon-transition risk globally and finds that firms with more carbon-intense business models earn higher returns in recent...
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