Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/26588 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 2543
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This paper conducts a broad-based comparison of iterated and direct multi-step forecasting approaches applied to both univariate and multivariate models. Theoretical results and Monte Carlo simulations suggest that iterated forecasts dominate direct forecasts when estimation error is a first-order concern, i.e. in small samples and for long forecast horizons. Conversely, direct forecasts may dominate in the presence of dynamic model misspecification. Empirical analysis of the set of 170 variables studied by Marcellino, Stock and Watson (2006) shows that multivariate information, introduced through a parsimonious factor-augmented vector autoregression approach, improves forecasting performance for many variables, particularly at short horizons.
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Working Paper
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