Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/18137 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
DIW Discussion Papers No. 381
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
We extend the analysis of Christoffersen and Diebold (1998) on long-run forecasting in cointegrated systems to multicointegrated systems. For the forecast evaluation we consider several loss functions, each of which has a particular interpretation in the context of stock-flow models where multicointegration typically occurs. A loss function based on a standard mean square forecast error (MSFE) criterion focuses on the forecast errors of the flow variables alone. Likewise, a loss function based on the triangular representation of cointegrated systems (suggested by Christoffersen and Diebold) considers forecast errors associated with changes in both stock (modelled through the cointegrating restrictions) and flow variables. We suggest a new loss function which is based on the triangular representation of multicointegrated systems which further penalizes deviations from the long-run relationship between the levels of stock and flow variables as well as changes in the flow variables. Among other things, we show that if one is concerned with all possible long-run relations between stock and flow variables, this new loss function entails high and increasing forecasting gains compared to both the standard MSFE criterion and Christoffersen and Diebold?s criterion. The paper demonstrates the importance of carefully selecting loss functions in forecast evaluation of models involving stock and flow variables.
Subjects: 
Multicointegration
Forecasting
Loss function
VAR models
JEL: 
C32
C53
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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