An Automatic Leading Indicator, Variable Reduction and Variable Selection Methods Using Small and Large Datasets: Forecasting the Industrial Production Growth for Euro Area Economies

quantf research Working Paper Series: WP09/2014

23 Pages Posted: 2 Jun 2014

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Gonzalo Camba-Mendez

European Central Bank (ECB)

George Kapetanios

King's College, London

Fotis Papailias

King’s College London - King's Business School; Knot Analytics Ltd

Martin R. Weale

National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR)

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Date Written: June 1, 2014

Abstract

This paper assesses the forecasting performance of various variable reduction and variable selection methods. A small and a large set of wisely chosen variables are used in forecasting the industrial production growth for four Euro Area economies. The results indicate that the Automatic Leading Indicator (ALI) model performs well compared to other variable reduction methods in small datasets. However, Partial Least Squares and variable selection using heuristic optimisations of information criteria along with the ALI could be used in model averaging methodologies.

Keywords: Bayesian Shrinkage Regression, Dynamic Factor Model, Euro Area, Forecasting, Kalman Filter, Partial Least Squares

Suggested Citation

Camba-Mendez, Gonzalo and Kapetanios, George and Papailias, Fotis and Weale, Martin R., An Automatic Leading Indicator, Variable Reduction and Variable Selection Methods Using Small and Large Datasets: Forecasting the Industrial Production Growth for Euro Area Economies (June 1, 2014). quantf research Working Paper Series: WP09/2014, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2444408 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2444408

Gonzalo Camba-Mendez

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