Combination Schemes for Turning Point Predictions

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 11-123/4

23 Pages Posted: 22 Aug 2011

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Monica Billio

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

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 - Department of Data Science and Analytics

H. K. van Dijk

Tinbergen Institute; Econometric Institute

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Date Written: August 22, 2011

Abstract

We propose new forecast combination schemes for predicting turning points of business cycles. The combination schemes deal with the forecasting performance of a given set of models and possibly providing better turning point predictions. We consider turning point predictions generated by autoregressive (AR) and Markov-Switching AR models, which are commonly used for business cycle analysis. In order to account for parameter uncertainty we consider a Bayesian approach to both estimation and prediction and compare, in terms of statistical accuracy, the individual models and the combined turning point predictions for the United States and Euro area business cycles.

Keywords: turning points, Markov-switching, forecast combination, Bayesian model averaging

JEL Classification: C11, C15, C53, E37

Suggested Citation

Billio, Monica and Casarin, Roberto and Ravazzolo, Francesco and van Dijk, Herman K., Combination Schemes for Turning Point Predictions (August 22, 2011). Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 11-123/4, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1914291 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1914291

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