Uncertainty Through the Lenses of a Mixed-Frequency Bayesian Panel Markov Switching Model

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Roberto Casarin

University Ca' Foscari of Venice - Department of Economics

Claudia Foroni

Deutsche Bundesbank

Massimiliano Giuseppe Marcellino

Bocconi University - Department of Economics; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Francesco Ravazzolo

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

Date Written: September 2017

Abstract

We propose a Bayesian panel model for mixed frequency data, where parameters can change over time according to a Markov process. Our model allows for both structural instability and random effects. To estimate the model, we develop a Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithm for sampling from the joint posterior distribution of the model parameters, and we test its properties in simulation experiments. We use the model to study the effects of macroeconomic uncertainty and financiall uncertainty on a set of variables in a multi-country context including the US, several European countries and Japan. Wefind that for most of the variables financial uncertainty dominates macroeconomic uncertainty. Furthermore, we show that the effects of uncertainty differ whether the economy is in a contraction regime or in an expansion regime.

Keywords: Bayesian inference, dynamic panel model, Markov switching, MCMC, mixed-frequency

JEL Classification: C13, C14, C51, C53

Suggested Citation

Casarin, Roberto and Foroni, Claudia and Marcellino, Massimiliano and Ravazzolo, Francesco, Uncertainty Through the Lenses of a Mixed-Frequency Bayesian Panel Markov Switching Model (September 2017). CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12339, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3047326

Roberto Casarin (Contact Author)

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Claudia Foroni

Deutsche Bundesbank ( email )

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Massimiliano Marcellino

Bocconi University - Department of Economics ( email )

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Francesco Ravazzolo

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

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BI Norwegian Business School ( email )

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Norway

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