Kajal Lahiri

State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany

Professor

Department of Economics

1400 Washington Avenue

Albany, NY 12222

United States

http://www.albany.edu/~klahiri

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1.

Early Warning System for Economic and Financial Risks in Kazakhstan

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2832
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 28 Oct 2009
Biswa N. Bhattacharyay, Biswa N. Bhattacharyay, Dennis Dlugosch, Benedikt Kolb, Kajal Lahiri, Irshat Mukhametov and Gernot Nerb
Asian Development BankAsian Development Bank Institute, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Economics Department (ECO), affiliation not provided to SSRN, State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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banking crisis, leading indicators, Kazakhstan

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Forecasting Binary Outcomes

Handbook of Economic Forecasting, Vol. 2, G. Elliott and A. Timmermann, eds., Forthcoming
Number of pages: 99 Posted: 02 Dec 2012
Kajal Lahiri, Liu Yang and Liu Yang
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany and Nanjing University - School of BusinessState University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, College of Arts and Sciences, Economics
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Probability Prediction, Point Prediction, Skill, Value, Joint Distribution

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Bayesian Analysis of Nested Logit Model by Markov Chain Monte Carlo

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Bayesian Analysis of Nested Logit Model by Markov Chain Monte Carlo

Number of pages: 71 Posted: 22 Jul 2002
Kajal Lahiri and Jian Gao
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany and SUNY at Albany, College of Arts and Sciences, Economics
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Discrete Choice, Random utility maximization, MCMC, Mixing speed

Bayesian Analysis of Nested Logit Model by Markov Chain Monte Carlo

Posted: 11 Oct 2002
Kajal Lahiri and Jian Gao
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany and SUNY at Albany, College of Arts and Sciences, Economics

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Discrete Choice, Random utility maximization, MCMC, Mixing speed

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Interest Rate Spreads as Predictors of German Inflation and Business Cycles

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 18 May 1999
Detelina Ivanova, Kajal Lahiri and Franz Seitz
SUNY at Albany, College of Arts and Sciences, Economics, State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany and Technical University of Applied Sciences Weiden
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Learning and Heterogeneity in GDP and Inflation Forecasts

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 12 Sep 2008
Kajal Lahiri and Xuguang Simon Sheng
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany and American University
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Bayesian learning, GDP, Inflation targeting, Heterogeneity, Forecast Efficiency, Forecast disagreement, Forecast horizon

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Monthly Output Index for the U.S. Transportation Sector

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Monthly Output Index for the U.S. Transportation Sector

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 11 Feb 2003
Kajal Lahiri, H.O. Stekler, w Yaw and Peg Young
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, George Washington University - Department of Economics, University of Arkansas at Little Rock and U.S. Department of Transportation
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Transportation Sector, Freight and Passenger Movements, Growth Cycles, Business Cycles, Phase Average Trend, HP Filter, U.S. Economy

Monthly Output Index for the U.S. Transportation Sector

Journal of Transportation and Statistics, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2003
Posted: 13 May 2008
Kajal Lahiri, H.O. Stekler, Vincent Yao and Peg Young
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, George Washington University - Department of Economics, Georgia State University - J. Mack Robinson College of Business and U.S. Department of Transportation

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transportation output, Fisher Ideal Index,business cycles, growth cycles, freight transportation.

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An Econometric Rational-Expectations Macroeconomic Model for Developing Countries with Capital Controls

IMF Working Paper No. 90/11
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Nadeem Ul Haque, Kajal Lahiri and Peter J. Montiel
Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany and Williams College - Department of Economics
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Evolution of Forecast Disagreement in a Bayesian Learning Model

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 01 Aug 2007
Kajal Lahiri and Xuguang Simon Sheng
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany and American University
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Forecast Disagreement, Forecast Horizon, Forecast Efficiency, Consensus Forecast, Differential Interpretation, Public Information, Bayesian Learning, Panel Data

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A Model of Social Security Disability Insurance Using Matched SIPP/Administrative Data

Number of pages: 74 Posted: 25 May 2008
Kajal Lahiri, Jae Song and Bernard Wixon
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, U.S. Social Security Administration and U.S. Social Security Administration
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Disability behavior, SIPP, Social Security

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Income-Related Health Disparity and its Determinants in New York State: Racial/Ethnic and Geographical Comparisons

TOWARD EQUITY IN HEALTH: A NEW GLOBAL APPROACH TO HEALTH DISPARITIES, Barbara C. Wallace, Ph.D., ed., Springer Publications, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 12 Aug 2007
Kajal Lahiri and Zulkarnain Pulungan
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany and State University of New York - Economics
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BRFSS data, Self-assessed health, Ordered Probit, Income related health inequality, Concentration index, Concentration curve, Decomposition analysis

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Nowcasting US GDP: The Role of ISM Business Surveys

International Journal of Forecasting, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 30 May 2012
Kajal Lahiri and George Monokroussos
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany and Joint Research Centre, Italy
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Forecasting, ISM, PMI, NMI, factor models, Kalman filter, Real time data

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Measuring Uncertainty of a Combined Forecast and Some Tests for Forecaster Heterogeneity

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Measuring Uncertainty of a Combined Forecast and Some Tests for Forecaster Heterogeneity

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5468
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 14 Aug 2015
Kajal Lahiri, Huaming Peng and Xuguang Simon Sheng
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and American University
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forecast combination, forecast uncertainty, model averaging, panel data

Measuring Uncertainty of a Combined Forecast and Some Tests for Forecaster Heterogeneity

CESifo Working Paper No. 8810
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 14 Jan 2021
Kajal Lahiri, Huaming Peng and Xuguang Sheng
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and American University
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Measuring Forecast Uncertainty by Disagreement: The Missing Link

Journal of Applied Econometrics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 02 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2008
Kajal Lahiri and Xuguang Simon Sheng
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany and American University
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Unanticipated aggregate shocks, Forecast disagreement, Forecast horizon, Forecast uncertainty, Density forecast, Panel data

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Machine Learning and Forecast Combination in Incomplete Panels

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 05 Dec 2013
Kajal Lahiri, Huaming Peng and Yongchen Zhao
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and Towson University - Department of Economics
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On-line learning, Recursive algorithms, Unbalanced panel, SPF forecasts

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An Empirical Analysis of Medicare-Eligible Veterans' Demand for Outpatient Health Care Services

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 12 Jun 2002
Kajal Lahiri and Guibo Xing
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany and SUNY at Albany, College of Arts and Sciences, Economics
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Determinants of Consumer Sentiment Over Business Cycles: Evidence from the U.S. Surveys of Consumers

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 23 Jul 2016
Kajal Lahiri and Yongchen Zhao
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany and Towson University - Department of Economics
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Consumer confidence, Cross-sectional heterogeneity, Asymmetry, News, Recessions

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The Dynamics of Income-Related Health Inequality Among US Children

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3572
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 15 Sep 2011
Pinka Chatterji, Kajal Lahiri and Jingya Song
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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inequality, child health, income-related health inequality, income-related health mobility, health inequality

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Effects of Psychiatric Disorders on Labor Market Outcomes: A Latent Variable Approach Using Multiple Clinical Indicators

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4260
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 12 Jun 2013
Souvik Banerjee, Pinka Chatterji and Kajal Lahiri
State University of New York (SUNY) - Department of Economics, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany
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mental illness, labor market outcomes, depression, employment

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Quantifying Survey Expectations: A Critical Review and Generalization of the Carlson-Parkin Method

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 27 Nov 2013
Kajal Lahiri and Yongchen Zhao
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany and Towson University - Department of Economics
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HOPIT model, household survey data, quantification, inflation expectation

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Forecasting Consumption: The Role of Consumer Confidence in Real Time with Many Predictors

Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2015
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 17 Jul 2015
Kajal Lahiri, George Monokroussos and Yongchen Zhao
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, Joint Research Centre, Italy and Towson University - Department of Economics
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Forecasting, Consumption, Consumer Sentiment, Factor Models, Kalman Filter, Real-Time Data, Fluctuation test

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Confidence Bands for ROC Curves with Serially Dependent Data

Forthcoming in Journal of Business & Economic Statistics
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 10 Jul 2015
Kajal Lahiri, Liu Yang and Liu Yang
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany and Nanjing University - School of BusinessState University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, College of Arts and Sciences, Economics
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Receiver operating characteristic curve, AUC, Binormal model, Quasi-maximum likelihood, Serial correlation, Survey of Professional Forecasters, Robustness to skewness and excess kurtosis

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Econometric Issues in Modeling Returns and Managerial Efficiency in the Hedge Fund Industry

Presented at the Special Issue of Managerial and Decision Economics conference “Effects of Alternative Investments on Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Growth” conference, October 29, 2012, SUNY Global Center, NYC
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 29 Jun 2012
Kajal Lahiri, Hany A. Shawky and Yongchen Zhao
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, State University of New York at Albany - School of Business and Center for Institutional Investment Management and Towson University - Department of Economics
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The Yield Spread Puzzle and the Information Content of SPF Forecasts

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The Yield Spread Puzzle and the Information Content of SPF Forecasts

Economics Letters, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 05 Nov 2012
Kajal Lahiri, George Monokroussos and Yongchen Zhao
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, Joint Research Centre, Italy and Towson University - Department of Economics
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Probability forecasts, Yield spread, Real-time data

The Yield Spread Puzzle and the Information Content of SPF Forecasts

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3949
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 04 Oct 2012
Kajal Lahiri, George Monokroussos and Yongchen Zhao
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, Joint Research Centre, Italy and Towson University - Department of Economics
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probability forecasts, yield spread, real-time data

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Diabetes and Labor Market Exits: Evidence from the Health & Retirement Study (HRS)

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5832
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 22 Apr 2016
Pinka Chatterji, Heesoo Joo and Kajal Lahiri
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), State University of New York at Albany - Department of Economics and State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany
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hazard model, panel data, elderly health, undiagnosed diabetes, gender differential

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Birthweight and Academic Achievement in Childhood

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4786
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 03 Jun 2014
Pinka Chatterji, Dohyung Kim and Kajal Lahiri
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), State University of New York (SUNY) - Department of Economics and State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany
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birthweight, academic achievement, hierarchical panel data, nested error component 2SLS, mother fixed effects, racial disparity, mother’s education, PSID-CDS

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Should Transportation Output Be Included as Part of the Coincident Indicators System?

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3477
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 06 Jun 2011
Kajal Lahiri and Vincent Yao
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany and Georgia State University - J. Mack Robinson College of Business
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transportation services index (TSI), business cycles, coincident indicators

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On-Line Learning and Forecast Combination in Unbalanced Panels

Econometric Reviews, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 29 Jan 2015
Kajal Lahiri, Huaming Peng and Yongchen Zhao
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and Towson University - Department of Economics
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On-line learning, Recursive algorithms, Unbalanced panel, SPF forecasts

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Racial/Ethnic and Education-Related Disparities in Control of Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease Among Diabetics

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3448
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 18 May 2011
Pinka Chatterji, Heesoo Joo and Kajal Lahiri
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), affiliation not provided to SSRN and State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany
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cardiovascular (CFD) risk factors, diabetes, health disparity, NHANES

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Inflation Expectations in India: Learning From Household Tendency Surveys

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 09 Sep 2018
Abhiman Das, Kajal Lahiri and Yongchen Zhao
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany and Towson University - Department of Economics
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Hierarchical Ordered Probit Model, Quantification, Tendency Survey, Disagreement, Indian Inflation

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A Non-Linear Forecast Combination Procedure for Binary Outcomes

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5175
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 04 Feb 2015
Kajal Lahiri, Liu Yang and Liu Yang
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany and Nanjing University - School of BusinessState University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, College of Arts and Sciences, Economics
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receiver operating characteristic curve, Copula, Bayesian methods, Markov chain Monte Carlo, yield spread, ISM diffusion index

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Determinants of Smoking Cessation: A Panel Data Analysis Using HRS

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 09 Dec 2019
Kajal Lahiri and Xian Li
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Smoking cessation, Health shocks, Hurdle model, Correlated random effects, Selfselection

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Estimating Macroeconomic Uncertainty and Discord Using Info-Metrics

CESifo Working Paper No. 7674
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 25 Jul 2019
Kajal Lahiri and Wuwei Wang
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany and Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE)
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density forecasts, uncertainty, disagreement, entropy measures, Jensen-Shannon information, Survey of Professional Forecasters

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Examining the Education Gradient in Chronic Illness

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3892
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 22 Aug 2012
Pinka Chatterji, Heesoo Joo and Kajal Lahiri
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), State University of New York at Albany - Department of Economics and State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany
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Asymptotic Variance of Brier (Skill) Score in the Presence of Serial Correlation

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5290
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 14 Apr 2015
Kajal Lahiri, Liu Yang and Liu Yang
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany and Nanjing University - School of BusinessState University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, College of Arts and Sciences, Economics
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probability forecasts, serial correlation, Brier score, Brier skill score, survey of professional forecasters

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Getting the ROC into Sync

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 14 Jan 2022
Liu Yang, Liu Yang, Kajal Lahiri and Adrian Pagan
Nanjing University - School of BusinessState University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, College of Arts and Sciences, Economics, State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany and University of Sydney
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Receiver operating characteristic curve, Synchronization, Correlation, Economic recession, Serial dependence.

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Estimating Endogenous Ordered Response Panel Data Models with an Application to Income Gradient in Child Health

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 09 Dec 2019
Kajal Lahiri, Liu Yang and Liu Yang
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany and Nanjing University - School of BusinessState University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, College of Arts and Sciences, Economics
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Control function, Panel data, Endogeneity, Ordered response, Income gradient, Child health

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ROC and PRC Approaches to Evaluate Recession Forecasts

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ROC and PRC Approaches to Evaluate Recession Forecasts

CESifo Working Paper No. 10449
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 06 Jun 2023
Kajal Lahiri and Cheng Yang
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany and Liaoning University
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ROC, PRC, recessions, yield spread, rare events forecasting

ROC and PRC Approaches to Evaluate Recession Forecasts

Journal of Business Cycle Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 11 May 2023
Kajal Lahiri and Cheng Yang
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany and Liaoning University
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AUROC, Recessions, Binary variables, Confusion matrix, Yield spread, Business cycle.

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Are Some Forecasters Really Better Than Others? A Note

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 17 Jan 2022
Ulrich Hounyo and Kajal Lahiri
University at Albany, SUNY and State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany
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Wild bootstrap, Cross-sectional dependence, Serial correlation, Forecasting, Unbalanced panel, SPF.

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Identifying the Mechanisms for Workplace Burden of Psychiatric Illness

Medical Care, 2013, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 24 Sep 2013
Souvik Banerjee, Pinka Chatterji and Kajal Lahiri
State University of New York (SUNY) - Department of Economics, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany
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mental disorders, depression, labor market, absenteeism, unemployment

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American HALE at Midlife: An Analysis Based on HRS

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 04 Mar 2022
Jihye Kim and Kajal Lahiri
University at Albany: SUNY and State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany
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Health-adjusted life expectancy, Health and Retirement Study, Education, Race.

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Fetal Growth and Neurobehavioral Outcomes in Childhood

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4998
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 10 Oct 2014
Pinka Chatterji, Dohyung Kim and Kajal Lahiri
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), State University of New York (SUNY) - Department of Economics and State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany
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low birth weight, fetal growth, neurobehavioral outcomes, developmental disabilities, Behavior Problems Index (BPI)

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Testing the Value of Probability Forecasts for Calibrated Combining

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 27 Nov 2013
Kajal Lahiri, Huaming Peng and Yongchen Zhao
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and Towson University - Department of Economics
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Inefficiency in Social Security Trust Funds Forecasts

CESifo Working Paper No. 9415
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 23 Nov 2021
Kajal Lahiri, Junyan Zhang and Yongchen Zhao
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, University at Albany (SUNY) and Towson University
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social security trust funds, long-range solvency forecasts, Nordhaus test, forecast efficiency, fixed-event forecast revisions

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International Propagation of Shocks: A Dynamic Factor Model Using Survey Forecasts

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 29 Oct 2018
Kajal Lahiri and Yongchen Zhao
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany and Towson University - Department of Economics
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GDP Growth, Business Cycle Connectedness, Transmission of Shocks, Common International Shocks, Panel VAR Model, Blue Chip Surveys

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The Local Power of the IPS Test with Both Initial Conditions and Incidental Trends

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6313
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 21 Feb 2017
Kajal Lahiri, Zhongwen Liang and Huaming Peng
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, University at Albany (SUNY) and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
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panel data, unit root test, individual heterogeneity

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Boosting Tax Revenues with Mixed-Frequency Data in the Aftermath of COVID-19: The Case of New York

CESifo Working Paper No. 9365
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 28 Oct 2021
Kajal Lahiri and Cheng Yang
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany and Liaoning University
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revenue forecasting, machine learning, real time forecasting, mixed frequency, fiscal policy

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Beware of Unawareness: Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Awareness of Chronic Diseases

NBER Working Paper No. w16578
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 06 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 20 Apr 2023
Pinka Chatterji, Heesoo Joo and Kajal Lahiri
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), affiliation not provided to SSRN and State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany
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Seasonality in U.S. Disability Applications, Labor Market and the Pandemic Echoes

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 02 Dec 2022
Kajal Lahiri and Yimeng Yin
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany and Boston College
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Monthly seasonal factors, Social Security, Disability insurance, SSI, State space exponential smoothing model, COVID-19

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Estimating the Variance of a Combined Forecast: Bootstrap-Based Approach

Journal of Econometrics Available online 11 October 2021 In Press https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2021.09.011
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 17 Jan 2022
Ulrich Hounyo and Kajal Lahiri
University at Albany, SUNY and State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany
Downloads 23 (824,684)
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Bootstrap, Local asymptotic theory, Model average estimators, Wild bootstrap, Variance of consensus forecast.

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The Nordhaus Test with Many Zeros

CESifo Working Paper No. 8350
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 10 Jun 2020
Kajal Lahiri and Yongchen Zhao
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany and Towson University - Department of Economics
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Coping with Health Shocks Without Health Insurance

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 04 Aug 2023
Yuan Fang, Chun-Yu Ho and Kajal Lahiri
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, State University of New York (SUNY) - Department of Economics and State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany
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Health Shocks, Health insurance, Coping strategies, SIPP, Triple difference estimation, Inverse probability weighting

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Evaluating Probability Forecasts for GDP Declines Using Alternative Methodologies

International Journal of Forecasting, Forthcoming
Posted: 12 Jul 2012
Kajal Lahiri and Jiazhuo George Wang
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Binary prediction, Rare events, Survey of Professional Forecasters, Subjective probability, Calibration, Resolution, Skill score, Relative Operating Characteristics, Odds ratio, Recession

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Economic Indicators for the US Transportation Sector

Transportation Research A: Policy and Practice, Vol. 40, No. 10, 2006
Posted: 13 May 2008
Kajal Lahiri and Vincent Yao
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany and Georgia State University - J. Mack Robinson College of Business

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Transportation, Business cycles, Leading indicators, Index of concordance, Dynamic factor models

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When Should We Care About Consumer Sentiment? Evidence from Linear and Markov-Switching Models

Indian Economic Review, Vol. 36, No. 1, January-June 2001
Posted: 13 Jan 2003
Detelina Ivanova and Kajal Lahiri
SUNY at Albany, College of Arts and Sciences, Economics and State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany

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Consumption, Volatility, Markov-Switch VAR model, Michigan Survey, Consumer Confidence