Combining Predictive Densities Using Bayesian Filtering with Applications to US Economics Data

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Monica Billio

University of Venice - Department of Economics; Ca Foscari University of Venice - Dipartimento di Economia

Roberto Casarin

University Ca' Foscari of Venice - Department of Economics

Francesco Ravazzolo

Free University of Bozen-Bolzano - Faculty of Economics and Management; BI Norwegian Business School

H. K. van Dijk

Tinbergen Institute; Econometric Institute

Date Written: December 20, 2010

Abstract

Using a Bayesian framework this paper provides a multivariate combination approach to prediction based on a distributional state space representation of predictive densities from alternative models. In the proposed approach the model set can be incomplete. Several multivariate time-varying combination strategies are introduced. In particular, a weight dynamics driven by the past performance of the predictive densities is considered and the use of learning mechanisms. The approach is assessed using statistical and utility-based performance measures for evaluating density forecasts of US macroeconomic time series and of surveys of stock market prices.

Keywords: Density Forecast Combination, Survey Forecast, Bayesian Filtering, Sequential Monte Carlo

JEL Classification: C11, C15, C53, E37

Suggested Citation

Billio, Monica and Billio, Monica and Casarin, Roberto and Ravazzolo, Francesco and van Dijk, Herman K., Combining Predictive Densities Using Bayesian Filtering with Applications to US Economics Data (December 20, 2010). Norges Bank Working Paper No. 2010/29 , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1735421 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1735421

Monica Billio

Ca Foscari University of Venice - Dipartimento di Economia ( email )

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Roberto Casarin

University Ca' Foscari of Venice - Department of Economics ( email )

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Francesco Ravazzolo (Contact Author)

Free University of Bozen-Bolzano - Faculty of Economics and Management ( email )

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BI Norwegian Business School ( email )

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Herman K. Van Dijk

Tinbergen Institute ( email )

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