Handbook of economic forecasting. Volume 2B /

The highly prized ability to make financial plans with some certainty about the future comes from the core fields of economics. In recent years the availability of more data, analytical tools of greater precision, and ex post studies of business decisions have increased demand for information about...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Elliott, Graham, 1965-, Timmermann, Allan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier North-Holland, 2013.
Series:Handbook of economic forecasting ; v. 2B.
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction to the Series; Contributors; Section III Forecasters' Objectives; 12 Forecasters' Objectives and Strategies; 13 Forecasting Exchange Rates: an Investor Perspective; Section IV Methodology; 14 Variable Selection in Predictive Regressions; References; 15 Forecasting with Bayesian Vector Autoregression; Appendix B. State-Space Models; B.1. Kalman Filter; B.2. Smoothing; B.3. Simulation Smoother; Appendix C. Distributions; Acknowledgements; References; 16 Copula Methods for Forecasting Multivariate Time Series.
  • 17 Quantile Prediction18 Panel Data Forecasting; 19 Forecasting Binary Outcomes; 20 Advances in Forecast Evaluation; Appendix A Asymptotic Derivations for Out-of-Sample Inference: Examples; A.1. Test of Zero Mean Prediction Error: West (1996); A.2. Test of Equal Predictive Ability for Nested Models:Clark and McCracken (2001); A.3. Test of Zero Mean Prediction Error: Giacomini and White (2006); Acknowledgments; References; 21 Advances in Forecasting under Instability; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.